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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, And Abandoned Lands, 
Washington, August 16th, 1865. 

Brig. Gen. Wager Swayne,
Assistant Commissioner,
Montgomery, Ala.

General:
Major General Howard, Commissioner, directs me to say that the "Brevard Plantation" situated in Montgomery County, Ala, will be set apart for the use of this Bureau, as requested in your communication of the 5th instant, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. 

Very Respectfully, 
Your obt. servant, 
W M Fowler
Brig. Major and Asst. Adjt. Genl.