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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