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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, Sept. 16th. 1867.

Bvt. Major General Wager Swayne
Asst. Commissioner.
Montgomery Ala.

General:

The Commissioner directs me to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram relating to postponement of election in Alabama, and to say that he took the same to General Grant, who had no information on the subject.

General Howard will be glad to further your wishes, but see no way that he can act in the matter.

Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
F.D. Sewall
Act'g Assistant Adjutant General