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Bureau R.F. & A.L. State of Tenn Columbia Tenn Nov 21st 1868 Sir: I have the honor to state in reply to a communication from the Asst. Comr. of the 20th Dist. "directing me to arrange for the payment of Bounties in my District &c" that I have investigated the matter, and find that Franklin, Columbia, & Pulaski are the most central and prominent access points in my District and that much of the late Colored Soldiers live at or near those places. I therefore respectfully recommend that these places be designated as the pay stations of my District, to be visited respectively, over a week or as such times as the funds on hand for distribution may require. I would also respectfully recommend that the County of Lincoln be attached to the Murfreesboro,
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