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[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] WAR DEPARTMENT, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Washington, Oct 10th 186 [[strikethrough]] 7 [[/strikethrough]] 8. Bvt. Lieut Col. E. Beecher Asst. Comr. for Alabama Colonel: Please see to it that the rent of a room for the Freedmen's Savings Bank at Huntsville be paid while the Bureau lasts. It is the best educational institution that I know of. Very respectfully Your Obedient Servant O.O. Howard Major General, Comr.