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G16 (R.F. & A.L., Vol. 12) 1868.

Huntsville Ala
Jan 20" 1868.

Gaston William
By request of over one thousand colored people of Madison Co Ala. transmits petition asking why Genl Callis has been relieved from the Bureau in that District and praying that the order be revoked.

See PLB Vol 4 Jany 27.

WRAPPER (1 Enclosures.)

Received, Bureau R.F. & A.L., Jan 25', 1868.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
WASHINGTON, Jany 27" 1868.

Respectfully referred to the Asst Comm'r of Alabama.
By order of
Major Gen. O. O. Howard
E. Whittlesey
A.A.A. General

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