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War Department, 
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, Aug 6th 1870.

Charles Spencer
Richmond, Va.

Sir,
By direction of the SECRETARY OF WAR, your appointment as Clerk in this Bureau in the State of Virginia, made from the office of the COMMISSIONER, is hereby revoked to date August 31" 1870 with leave of absence from date services can be dispensed with.

By order of General O. O. Howard, Commissioner:
E. Whittlesey
Acting Assistant Adjutant General