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War Department
Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
Washington D.C. June 24th, 1865

Brigadier General C.B Fisk
Assistant Commissioner for Tennessee and Kentucky

Sir:

Please report as early as possible the number of teachers of Refugees and Freedmen now employed within your district and send an estimate of the number that will be needed in addition to those already employed and who will continue in service for the fall term of the Schools. 

By Order of Major General O.O. Howard
(Sig) J.S. Fullerton
Brevet Colonel and A.A.G.C.

Official copy respectfully furnishes Brigadier General Davis Tillson Superintendent District of Memphis Tennessee who is requested to forward to this Office as soon as possible a report in compliance with the above from his District.
By Order of Brigadier General C.B. Fisk
Assistant Commissioner for Kentucky and Tennessee
Jno. H. Cochran
Major 101st Asst.
A.A.A.G.