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Department of the Interior.
Washington D.C. Oct'o. 6" 1865.

Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th ult'o. requesting three copies of the "Preliminary Report of the Eighth Census", and to inform you that the books have been this day sent by mail to your address.
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servant,
W. T. Otto
Acting Secretary

Wager Swayne,
Brig. Gen'l. & Asst Comr. Bureau of Refugees &c
Montgomery Alabama. 

Transcription Notes:
ult'o is for ultimo which is used to denote date in previous month ignore archive stamp