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[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES  [[/stamp]]

Quartermaster General's Office,
Washington, D. C., May 12th, 1865

Hon. Edwin M. Stanton,
Secretary of War 

Sir:
Referring to the letter of Mr. R. J. Creswell, Superintendent of Colored Schools, Knoxville, Tenn. herewith respectfully returned, in which he asks for the use of the Presbyterian Church at that place for school purposes, the privilege of drawing rations for himself and teachers and of calling upon the Quarter Master's Department for transportation, in the same manner