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Clerk, &c. Memphis, Tenn.

Sir:
The Assistant Commissioner, Bvt. Lieut. Col. James Thompson, U.S.A, directs that you respond in person to this office with the least possible delay.
An order authorizing the journey will be issued on your re-appointment.
I am, sir,
Very respectfully,
Your Obd't Serv't.
W. H. Bower
Lieut. 45th U.S. Infty.
A.A.A. Genl.

Through Office of Sub. Asst. Commr. Memphis, Tenn. }


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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen And Aban'd. Lands,
State of Tennessee,
Assistant Commissioner's Office,
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 20th 1868.

Reeves, Bvt. Lt. Col. T. H.  U.S.A. 
Sub - Asst, Commr.,
Columbia, Tenn.

Colonel:
You are hereby directed to arrange for the payment of Bounties at some prominent point in each of the following named Counties, which will compose your District: Maury, Williamson, Hickman, Lewis, Lawrence, Giles, Lincoln and Marshall. 
You will visit such points as may be selected by you, at stated periods, as often as may be necessary for this purpose, giving as much publicity as possible, among the colored people, to your intended visit.
You will report to this office your plan of visits, giving places and times, for approval, when a special order, authorizing such journeys as may be necessary, in carrying out these instructions, will be issued.
Very respectfully,
Your Obd't. Servt.
Bvt. Lieut. Col. U.S.A.
Asst. Comm'r.

Bureau Refugees, Freedmen And Aban'd Lands,


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State of Tennessee
Assistant Commissioner's Office,
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 20th 1868.

Walker, Lieut. Sam'l. USA
Sub-Asst. Commr, &c.,
Knoxville, Tenn.

Sir:
You are hereby directed to arrang [[arrange]] for the payment of Bounties at some prominent point in each of the following named Counties, which will compose your District, viz: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Cumberland, Grainger, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Morgan, Monroe, Roane, Scott, Sevier, Sullivan, Union and Washington.
You will visit such points as may be selected by you, at stated periods, as often as may be necessary for this purpose, giving as much publicity as possible among the colored people, to your intended visit.
You will report to this office your plan of visits, giving place and time, for approval, when a special order, authorising such journeys as may be necessary in carrying out these instructions, will be issued. 
Very respectfully
Your obd't serv't,
Bvt. Lt. Col. U.S.A.
Asst. Commr.


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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Aban'd. Lands,
State of Tennessee
Assistant Commissioner's Office,
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 20th 1868,

Johnson, James M. Esq.,
Sub Asst. Commr. &c.,
Chattanooga, Tenn,

Sir:
You are hereby directed to arrange for the payment of Bounties at some prominent point in each of the following named Counties, which will compose your District, viz:
Bledsoe, Bradley, McMinn, Marion, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, Sequatchie and Hamilton.
You will visit such points as may be selected by you,

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