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[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

1305

War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 
Washington, Sept. 29" 1866.

Maj. Genl. Wager Swayne
Asst. Com'r. Bur. R. F. & A. L. 
State of Alabama,
Montgomery, Ala.

General

I am directed by the Maj. Genl. Commissioner, to forward by to days mail, printed instructions respecting bounties, etc, to colored soldiers and their heirs, and directions for preparing papers in their claims. Through an inadvertence these instructions were not dated. They should date Sept. 17" 1866.

Attention is respectfully invited to notes giving information respecting bounties provided by this Act of Congress, approved July 28th 1866. Claims for additional bounty under the Act cited, are now received by the Departments. Printed forms and rules and regulations will be supplied as soon as received from the printer.

I am General 
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servant
Stuart Eldridge
Bt. Maj. & A.A.A. Genl.