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Headquarters Department of North Carolina,
ARMY OF THE OHIO,
Raleigh N.C.  May 25 1865.

My dear General

I heartily congratulate, not you, but the Country, upon your assignment to the control of the Freedmen's Bureau.

A great and laborious work is given you, and one which I know you will perform well.

I enclose copies of the orders I have been issued for the government of freedmen in North Carolina, and will direct the Superintendents to give me full reports of the condition of affairs in their Districts.

Yours Very Truly
J M Schofield
Maj Genl

Maj Genl O.O. Howard
Washington D.C.