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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 
For the States of Missouri and Arkansas. 
St. Louis, Mo., Oct 10th 1865.

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

General

I have the honor to forward herewith Letter and requisition from Bt Brig Genl J.C. Strong Supt at Quincy Ill. In compliance with your orders I have assumed Charge of the Freedmen at Quincy there is a larger number of helpless and destitute Colored Women and Children there than at any other point in my district. from the best information I can get I believe there will be about Two hundred & fifty Women and Children who will have to be fed and warmed the coming