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[[stamp]] HD. QRS. ASS'T COM'R D.C. BUREAU R F. & A.L. RECEIVED SEP 2 [[/stamp]]

[[stamp]] Hd. QRS. ASS'T COM'R D.C. BUREAU R F. & A.L. RECEIVED Back SEP 7 [[/stamp]]

R'c. O.L.S. D.C. 9/5th 1867.

WRAPPER (Enclosures.)

E B 321/67. Vol 2. Continued
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Office Chief Quartermaster,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 1867.

Respectfully referred to Bvt. Brig. Genl. C H Howard Asst. Comm'r B R F A L. Washington D.C.
Information is desired as to the orders, if any, under which the Qr. Mrs Dept. U S A. has been called upon to bury Freedmen dying in the District of Columbia, and if by simple arrangement.
Genl. Howard will please cause the necessary investigation and report to be made.

These papers to be returned with report.
By command of 
Maj. Genl O.O. Howard
Commissioner
Henry M Whittlesey
C Q M.  B R F & A L

Bureau Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands
HEAD QUARTERS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, D.C.,
Washington, September 4th 1867.

E.B. 2 Vol 79. O.L.S.D.C. '67

Respectfully referred to J.V.W. Vandenburgh, Local Supt. for District of Columbia, for report.

By order of Bvt. Brig. Gen. HOWARD.
Wm. W. Rogers,
A A.A. General.

E.B. Vol. 4 #11

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