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STATE OF ALABAMA,
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS,
OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER,
Montgomery, Ala., November 5th 1868.

Major General
O.O. Howard
Commissioner Bureau &c
Washington D.C.

General,
Having been elected to fill the vacancy in the State Legislature occasioned by the election of General Willard Warner to the United States Senate, I have the honor to herewith tender my resignation as an officer of the Bureau to take effect on the 10th inst:

I Am General
Very Respectfully Your Obt. Sevt
W.C. Arthur 
Chief Q.M. Bureau State of Ala