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Feby. 9th  6

Sir: 
I am directed by Bvt. Maj. Gen. Fisk, Asst. Comr. Ky. & Tenn. to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 5th inst: and in reply to inform you that Contracts must be preserved inviolate. When the contract is made, be particular to impress upon both parties its sacredness and its binding nature as ordered. [[?]]

I am sir
very respectfully
Your obt. servt.
J.E. Jacobs.
Bvt. Lt. Col. and A.A.G.

To  
W.J. Bryan Esq. - Supt. &c
Murfreesboro, Tenn.