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War Department
Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Washington Oct 26" 1865.

Rev J. R. Shipherd. 
Sec'y American Freedmen's Aid Commission
Washington, D.C.

Sir;
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 14" inst, covering one from Gen Swayne under reference by His Excellency the President, to this Bureau.
In reply thereto your attention is invited to a copy of Gen Howard's letter of the 7' inst directing the Agent of the Bureau at Mobile Ala to turn over the Medical College to the Dean of the Faculty so soon as other arrangements for school purposes could be finished.
Very Respectfully
(signed) Max Woodhull
Col and A.A.G.