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State of Alabama,
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMAN AND ABANDONED LANDS,
Montgomery, Ala., March 23d 1868.

Major General O. O. Howard
Commissioner to
Washington D.C.

General:
I have the honor to request the appointment of Mr C. P. Wheeler, as Agent in the Bureau, for assignment to duty in the Sub District of Eufaula, at a salary of One Hundred Dollars per month, to date April 1. 1868.

Very Respectfully,
Your Ob't Servant 
(signed) J. Hayden.
Bvt Brig Gen'l U.S.A.
Asst Comm'r

Official copy.
Geo Shorkley
Capt 15 Infy. Bvt Maj U.S.A.
A.A.A.G.

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Just need to know what the word after commissioner is word after commissioner found...stamp not needed...not original to the document