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291.
Bureau Refugees Freedmen, and Aban'd Lands, 
State of Tennessee, 
Assistant Commissioner's Officer  
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 24th 1868. 

Gelray, Bvt. Lt. Col. Jos. W.,
Sub. Asst. Comm'r.,
Nashville, Tenn. 

Colonel:
I am directed by the Asst. Commissioner, Bvt. Lieut. Col. James Thompson, U.S.A. to request that you forward your Monthly Report of Operations of the Bureau in your counties for the month of December 1868, by the end of the month. Also that you forward the School Reports as fast as you receive them from teachers and not wait for consolidation. 
I am, Colonel,
Very respectfully,
Your Obd't Srv't, 
W.H. Bower,
2'nd Lieut. 45st U.S. Infty
A.A.A. Genl. 

Similar letters sent to Bvt. Lieut. Col. T.H. Reeves, Columbia, Tenn., Lieut. Sam'l. Walter, Knoxville, Tenn.; Lieut. Gen. E. Judd, Murfreesboro; James M. Johnson, Chattanooga; Isaac Porter, Gallatin; John S. Wilson, Johnsonville; J. C. McMullen, Clarksville; Fred S. Palmer, Memphis. 

292. 
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Aban'd, Lands,
State of Tennessee,
Assistant Commissioner's Office,
Nashville, Tenn., Dec., 28'th, 1868.

McNeilly, Dr. Robert,
Surgeon-in-chief, Bu. &c.,
Nashville, Tenn.

Sir:
I am directed by the Asst. Commissioner, Bvt. Lieut. Col. James Thompson, U.S.A., to inform you that you will be expected to turn over to this Office, by the 31st of Dec. 1868, the Articles of Bureau Property now in the hospital under your charge, and for which I hold your memorandum receipt. The wagon and team are at your disposal at any

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time, should you prefer to move them before the 31st.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your Obd't. serv't,
W.H. Bower.
2'nd Lieut. 45'th U.S. Infty.
A.A.A. Genl.


293.
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Aban'd, Lands,
State of Tennessee,
Assistant Commissioner's Office.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec., 28'th, 1868.

Smith, Esq. Tho's. R.,
Memphis, Tenn.

Sir.
Your letter to the Commissioner of this Bureau, of the 9'th inst., relating to the "Canfield Orphan Asylum", has been referred to me with instructions to render the same aid as to other schools."
Please confer with Lieut. col. Fred S. Palmer, Agent of the bureau at Memphis.
Very Respectfully
Your Obd't. serv't.

Bvt. Lt. Col. U.S.A.
Asst. Commr.  
   

294.
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Aban'd, Lands,
State of Tennessee,
Assistant Commissioner's Office,
Nashville, Tenn., Dec., 29'th, 1868.

Ogden, John,
Princ'p'l. Fisk University
Nashville, Tenn.

Sir:
I am directed by the Asst. Commr. Bvt. Lieut. Col. James Thompson, U.S.A., to forward to you herewith enclosed, personal transportation orders - letter G. Nos. 172 and 173, - the same being for the transportation of Mary Sessel, and three others, from Memphis, Tenn., to Nashville, Tenn. Please deliver the orders to the parties mentioned, and acknowledge receipt of the same.
I am, sir,

Transcription Notes:
. Reopened. -Gelray, Bvt. Lt. Col. Jos. W. - not Jas. W. - Assistant Commissioner's Office