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Paymasters Office Atlanta Ga Apr. 2nd 1868
Respectfully referred to Major C T Watson Dist. Officer of Freedmans Bureau and attention called to the endorsements o Col J.F. Meline. G.I.R. and Chief Civil Affairs.
E.D. Judd
Paymaster U.S.A.

Bureau R.F.& A.L. Office A.A.Q.M.& Chf D.O.
Atlanta GA. Apr. 3rd 1868
Respectfully referred to the Asst Commissioner 
Bureau R F & A.L. State of Alabama
C.F. Watson.

State of Ala. B R F & A.L.
Montgomery April 6th 1868
Respectfully referred to R D Harper Supt of Education
B.R.F & A.L. State of Ala
By order of
Col & Bvt Brig Gen'l Shepherd
Geo Shorkley
Capt 15th Infty - Bvt Major USA
A.A.A. Gen'l

Office Supt Education Bu Ref F & A.L.
Montgomery April 8th 1868
Respectfully referred to H.H. Burton Asst 
Sub. Asst Com'r Enfaula for his action and recommendation
R.D. Harper
Supt Education

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Office of Supt. of Education B.R.F. & A.L.
Montgomery Ala. Apr. 11. 1868.
Respectfully returned to D.C. Rugg Sub. Asst. Com. Huntsville, Ala, with information that papers of Maria Harrington were placed in hands of Col.Beecher, Dist. Officer, Mch. 3rd. 1868.
R.D. Harper
Supt. of Education 

Office Sub. Asst. Com. B.R.F. & A.L.
Sub. Dist. of Huntsville Ala.
Huntsville April 8. 1868.
Respectfully referred to R.D. Harper, Supt. of Education, Mont. Ala with the information that those papers were forwarded to H.M. Bush Sup't &c after Miss Harrington had signed them.
D.C. Rugg 
Sub. Asst. Com.

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B.34.   Endorsement on Letter of H.H. Burton

State of Ala. B.R.F. & A.L.
Montgomery, Ala, Ap. 11. 1868
Respectfully referred to R.D. Harper Supt. of Education Bureau &c, State of Ala, for remarks. 
By order of Col. & Bvt. Brig. Genl O.L. Shepherd.
George Shorkley
Capt. 15th Infy & Bt. Maj. U.S.A.
A.A.A.G.

Office Supt. of Education B.R.F. & A.L.
Montgomery Ala. Ap. 13. 1868.
Respectfully recommends that an approriation [[appropriation]] of $600. be made for building a school House at Glennville Ala.
R.D. Harper
Supt. of Education
B.R.F. & A.L.

Transcription Notes:
"The Daily Intelligencer" on July 30, 1867, lists the Military Officers there in Georgia, and states "Colonel J.F. Meline, Chief of Bureau of Civil Affairs, General Inspector of Registration for 3rd Mil. Dist." So it is "G.I.R." and "J.F. Meline." Geo. Shorkley, not Sharkley.