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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., Oct 12, 1866

Major Genl O O Howard
Commissioner &c
Washington DC

General
I have the honor to acknowledge rect of Communication of 5th inst. enquiring why I had not complied with instructions contained in your letter of July 19th. In reply I desire respectfully to state that I returned from Washington on the 3rd inst & on the 5th inst complied with the requirements of yours of the 19th of July. giving all the information in my possession or obtainable at the time in relation to lands subject to Entry under the Homestead Law. I will add that it is