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L. 73 No 970.

State of Alabama, 
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
Montgomery, Ala. September 16 1868. 

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

General:
I have the honor to request the appointment of John M. Webster as clerk in the Bureau R. F. and AL State of Alabama to date September 20 1868 at a salary of one hundred ($100.00) dollars per month; also the appointment of Frank Connor to date October 1 1868 at a salary of one hundred ($100.00) dollars per month. 

Very Respectfully
Your obedient servant 
Edwin Beecher
Brvt. Lieut. Col. U. S. V. 
Asst. Commissioner

Appd / appt. from above date
O.O. Howard
Maj. Gen. Comr.

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