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War Department Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, CLAIM DIVISION. Washington,Nov 20, 1868. Capt. Allan Rutherford A.S.A.C. Bureau &c Wilmington N.C. Capt I am directed by Major-General O. O. Howard, Commissioner, to acknowledge the receipt this day of papers in the claim for bounty &c in the case of the following-named discharged soldiers: Jerome C. Lawton, 51 Co. 2d [[Strikethrough]] Regt. [[/Strikethrough]] Batt [[Strikethrough]] U.S.C. [[/Strikethrough]] VRC Very respectfully, your obedient servant, William P. Drew, Agent in Chg. Div Thro O.A.C. N.C.