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State of Alabama,
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS,
OFFICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, 
Montgomery, Ala. February 12 1868.

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

General:
I enclosed a copy of Telegram received from you of this date.  In view of the reasons assigned in my former letters to you whom removals and changes of officers, I respectfully ask to be informed whom what this order is based,

I have the honor to be.
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant.
J Hayden
Bvt. Brig Genl U.S.A.
Asst Commr
over.

[[note]] Tel Remove no agents without thorough invn. [[/note]]

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not sure whether to add the piece of newspaper on the side, looks like just was a small mistake from whoever scanned this