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BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMAN & ABANDONED LANDS
States of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Nor Alabaman
Assistant Commissioner's Office,
Nashville Tenn Nov 3d 1865

General,

In order to close out Camp Nelson Ky Colored Refugee Home it has been necessary to transport many of the inmates thereof to points in Ohio and Indiana where they can support themselves.  Genl Order No 138 A.G.O. current series authorizes me to transport such persons only within the limits of my District.  I have the honor to request your approval of issues of transportation to freedmen dependents of Camp Nelson to point opposite Kentucky when such transportation may be deemed necessary in order to place freedmen where they can be made