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[No. 1] 20 S 161 Vol 1 B R F A L 1865 Mississippi Washington City May 15th 1865 William Slade Usher to the President [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[//stamp]] States that Pres'nt Lincoln, one week before his assassination, gave Gov'r Morton of Indiana, and others the assurance that J.W. Ricks, of Perry Co Ind. would be appointed Asst. Com'r in Freedmen's Bureau Rec'd Bureau of R.F. & A.L. May 29/65