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Bureau R.F. and A.L. Office Sub Asst Com'r Nashville Tenn Mar 23rd 1868 Bvt Maj Gen'l W.P. Carlin Asst Commr Bureau &c Nashville Tennessee General I would most respectfully ask to be relieved from the duties of Sub Asst Comr. of the Sub District of Nashville, for the following reasons- I deem myself too young and inexperienced to give the requisite dignity to the position, and lack the necessary knowledge of the laws to properly investigate the numerous difficulties constantly arising, any other disposition which you can make of my service will be entirely agreeable to myself I am Gen'l very Respectfully your Obdt Servt C R Simpson Sub Asst Comr.