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July 7th

F.B. Hancock Esq.
Greenville Kentucky

Sirs:
I am directed by Brigadier General Clinton B. Fisk Assistant Commissioner Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands for Kentucky and Tennessee to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 3rd inst. and in reply to say that he has no authority to issue Free papers but that he will maintain the freedom of Henry Howard and family. (Colored)

I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Jno. N. Cochran
Major 101st U.S.C. Infantry
Acting Assistant Adjutant General