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State of Alabama,
BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS,
Montgomery, Ala., August 8" 1868.

Major General O.O. Howard.
Commissioner Bureau R.F. and A.L.
Washington D.C. 
 
General:
I have the honor respectfully to request that Charles Jackson clerk in the Bureau R.F. and A.L. at $80 00/100 per month, be appointed clerk at a salary of one hundred ($100 00/100) dollars per month to date August 1" 68, he having been assigned to duty in the Asst. Commissioner's Office. 

Very Respectfully
Your obedient Servant
O.L. Shepherd
Col 15 Infy. Bvt. Brig. Genl. U.S.A.
Asst Commissioner

Transcription Notes:
*I've been transcribing the cents as written (00/100), sorry if incorrect *Col. Oliver L. Shepherd on the staff list