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War Department Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Washington, Feby 2nd, 1867. Maj. Gen'l. Wager Swayne Asst. Comm'r. Montgomery Ala. Gen'l. Maj. Gen'l. Howard directs me to forward the enclosed, from the New York Herald, to you for your information. He does not attach any importance to it, but thinks you should see it as coming from your state. I am Gen'l. very respectfully Yr. Obd't. Servt. F.D. Sewall Col. & Bvt. Brig. Gen'l. Vols. Insptr. Gen'l.