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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Office Assistant Superintendent Claim Division, NEW BERNE, N.C., October 31st, 1867. Bvt. Lt. Col. W.H. Cutler } A S A C. Rocky Mount } Colonel In answer to yours of the 29th inst I have the honor to inform you that if Minerva Battle will have the enclosed application properly made out, executed and returned to this office. I will make application for her son's Bounty. The claim is settled and the money is in the hands of Gen Balloch Very respectfully Your Obedient Servant A. Coats 1st Lieut V.R.C. Bvt Maj U S V in charge