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Bureau of Refugees Freedmen Hdqrs. Asst Commissioner Raleigh N.C. March 30" 1866 Respectfully returned, unless the horse can be secured thru the agency of the Bureau and restored to its lawful owner, it can not take hold of this case- By order of Col. E. Whittlesey Asst Comssr. Fred H. Beecher 2d. Lt. 3d. Infty & AAA Genl E.B.p.166.