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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, August 17th 1866.

Brt Maj. Gen: Wager Swayne 
Ass't Com'r. 

General, 
I am directed by the Com'r to invite your attention to Sec. 12 of the late Bureau Act, and to call upon you for a full and accurate descriptive report of all property in your district included in its provisions, which will be forwarded without delay in order that the necessary steps may be taken for the dispersal of such property according to law. 

Very Respectfully, 
Your Ob'd't Servant 
Saml Thomas 
Brt. Brig. Gen'l and A.A.A. Gen'l