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40 held responsible for the payment of the account in question. - You will also request Mr White to give his reasons for not preparing his account at an earlier date the 12" of Sept 1867 The Assistant Commissioner directs that you obtain the information called for in the foregoing as soon as practicable and forward the same to this Office returning this communication therewith. 639-640 I am Sir Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt (Signed) S W Groesbeck Lieut & A A.A.G Official W. H. Bower. Lieut & A.A.A Genl. 66 Bureau Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands State of Tennessee Assistant Commissioners Office March 23" 1868 Walsh Michl. Esq Sir You are hereby appointed special agent to investigate the enclosed Claim of William Spence against the United States - You will be governed strictly by the instructions of the Hon. E W Stanton Secretary of War dated March 16 inst which are hereby enclosed. You will take all the evidence producable on the points involved and make your report to the undersigned without necessary delay Your compensation cannot now be fixed - but I will endeavor to have it arranged to your satisfaction. 641 I am Sir Very Respectfully Your Obt. Servt W. P. Carlin Bvt Maj Genl U.S.A Asst Commr 41 64. Bureau. Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands State of Tennessee Assistant Commissioners Office Nashville March 24th 1868 Palmer Lt Col Fred S. Sub Asst Commr Memphis Tenn Colonel. I am directed by the Assistant Commissioner to inform you that the application of Mrs C F Treat, Acting Matron of the Canfield Colored Asylum, for transportation for herself and five children from Memphis Tenn to Hays City Kansas (and forwarded by you, approved March 3 1868) has been returned by the Commissioner to whom it was referred, disapproved - You will please inform Mrs Treat that the transportation asked for cannot be furnished 642 I am Colonel Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt (Signed) Saml Walker Bvt Capt & A A A Genl Official W. H. Bower. Lieut & A A A Genl 68 Bureau Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands State of Tennessee Assistant Commissioners Office Nashville March 24" 1868 Nelson J K Agent &c Murfreesboro Tenn Sir The Assistant Commissioner directs that you will under all the assistance in your power to Michael Walch Esq. to secure a prompt and thorough investigation as to the loyalty of Mr Wm. Spence during the late rebellion, and also as to the justness of his claim against the government. 643 I am Sir Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt (Signed) Sam'l Walker Bvt Capt & A A A Genl. Official W. H. Bower. Lieut & A.A.A. Genl
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