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HEADQUARTERS
District of } BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED LANDS. { Mississippi

OFFICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER,
FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,

Vicksburg, Miss., January 9th, 1867.

To the A District Commissioner
Bureau R.F. & A.L. State of Alabama
[[stamp]]The National Archives of the United States[[/stamp]]

Sir,
John A. Gould Esqr, a Northern gentleman desires to obtain hands from your state for the purpose of making his plantation in Miss.  Any assistance you may extend to him under the provisions of an extract from Bureau Officer Manual relative to transportation of freedmen from one State to another will be a great service to him and fully appreciated by
Very respectfully, your Obedt Servant
T. J. Madd
Bvt Maj Gen U.S.A. Asst Comm

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