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War Department, 
BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED LANDS,
OFFICE CHIEF DISBURSING OFFICER. 
Washington, D. C., Feb 23, 1869.

Col Edwin Beecher
Montgomery Ala

[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

Sir

Enclosed I send you my Check No 4562 on Asst Treasur at New-York for $331.76 to order of Hetty Philips to pay her for Bounty as pr her receipt received

Respy Yours
Geo. W. Balloch 
Bvt Brg Genl & chf D.O.