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This Department was not further advised on the subject until the receipt of copies of correspondence enclosed in General Swayne's letter of 24th ultimo addressed to your Bureau. An order of which the enclosed is a copy, has this day been sent the Collector, and Genl Swayne so informed I am very respectfully Wm E. Chandler Asst Secretary of the Treasury Major Genl O.O. Howard Commissioner Bureau, Freedmen &c Official Copy respectfully furnished for the information of Gen. Wager Swayne Asst Com'r A.P. Ketchum A.A.A General Bureau R F & A L Washington Jan 31/67