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|   | [[note]] from. f. 53 [[/note]] Hd Qrs Dist Wilmington  Wilmington N.C. Jany 14' 1866  Respectfully returned to Major Chas J Wickersham Freedman Bureau with the statement that as the reports of the Freedmans Bureau of Dist did not pass through these Hd Qrs. I have no means of knowing all of its transactions but so far as I know none of errors complained of exist in this Dist. I have even found all persons connected with the Bureau here energetic & zealous in the discharge of their duties, & worked in perfect harmony with the military  (signed) George Crook Maj Genl |
|   | Bureau R F & A L Hd Qrs South Dist Of NC Wilmington N C Jany 15 1866  Respectfully forwarded to Hd Qrs Asst Commissioner State of N.C.  Chas. J. Wickersham Bvt Maj A A G & Supt |

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|   | [[note]] form. f. 53. [[/note]] Bureau R.F. & A.L. Hd. Qrs. Southern Dist of N.C. Wilmington NC Jany 16 1866 
 Respectfully returned to Lt. R M. Drinker Asst Supt. Attention is invited to endorsement from Asst Comm'r. State of N.C.  Chas J. Wickersham  Bvt. Maj. A A G & Supt |


| Wilmington N.C. January 15' 1866 Judson B. Gibbs Private 28th Mich Infy Orderly in Freedman Bureau  Applies for leave of absence for thirty days, to visit his home in Michigan his mother being sick | Bureau R.F. & A.L. Hd Qrs. Sou Dist of N.C. Wilmington, N C Jany 15 1866  Respectfully forwarded to Hd Qrs Military Dist of Wilmington Approved Chas. J. Wickersham Bvt. Maj. & A A G & Supt |
|   | January 26th  Respect  furlough granted |
|   | Feb 26 |