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Treasury Department, May 12th 1866, Sir, I have to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 9th inst. enclosing a copy of a letter from Brt. Major General Wager Swayne, requesting the transfer of the Marine Hospital at Mobile Ala to the Freedmens Bureau. I regret to say that I am obliged to decline doing so, the Hospital being needed for the accommodation of the Marine patients at that post. Very Respectfully (Sigd. H. McCulloch Secretary of the Treasury Hon. E M Stanton. Secretary of War. Official copy respectfully furnished for the information of Brt. Maj. Gen'l Wager Swayne Asst Com'r A.P. Ketchum Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen'l