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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
FOR THE STATES OF MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS.

St. Louis, Mo. Oct 4th 1865.

Maj Genl O. O. Howard
Commissioner &c
Washington D.C.

General

I have the honor to acknowledge rect. of sugestions of Maj Genl Reynolds in regard to the Freedmen of Arkansas [[strikethrough]] transmitted to me through [[/strikethrough]] a copy of which he has forwarded to your Hd. Qurs.

If as Genl Reynolds suggests you will forward to me some blank appointments I will after consultation with Genl Reynolds and Gov. Murphy - cheerfully appoint some of the [[strikethrough]] Recor [[/strikethrough]] County Clerks of that state (as an experiment) as Superintendents of this Bureau Col. Williams - who was recently at Little Rock told me that both Genl Reynolds and Gov Murphy