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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, June 9th 1866.
Bvt. Major Gen'l Wager Swayne
Ass't Com's

General,
I am directed by Major General Howard to invite your attention to enclosed Copy of Circular No. 3. The statement which it calls for has not yet been received from your district.
It is necessary that the returns required should be made as soon as possible and the Commiss'r requests that they be rendered without further delay.
I am General
Very Respectfully 
Your Obt. Servant
A.P. Ketchum
Actg. Ass't. Adj't Gen'l