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Asst. Quartermaster's Office, Newberne, N.C., Aug 12 1865. General I respectfully request that copies of all existing orders and Circulars of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, and of all orders from the War department and other official documents relating thereto, may be furnished me, with a view to preparing myself to discharge the duties of the position to which I may be assigned. I am General Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt F A Seely Capt & AQM Maj. Gen. O O Howard, U.S.A. Com. Bur. Ref. Fr. & Ab. Lands Washington D.C.