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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
FOR THE STATES OF MISSOURI, ARKANSAS AND INDIAN TERRITORY.
Office of Assistant Commissioner,
Little Rock, Ark., Aug 31st 1866

Maj. Gen'l O.O. Howard
Commissioner, &c.
Washington D.C.

General,
 
In reply to your letter of Aug 20, I have the honor to forward copy of the form of contract authorized by the Ass't Com'r of the Bureau for this District

Very Respectfully, 
Your Ob't Servt,
D.H. Williams,
Ass't Adj't Gen'l.
In Gen'l Sprague's absence