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Post Hospital Lake Providence La. June 13th 1868 Brevet Col. L.A. Edwards Surgeon USA & Chief Medical Officer Freedman Bureau &c Sir I have the honor to send you all the papers and correspondence in relation to my connection with the Freedmans Bureau in this state I would also state that I was not furnished blanks or books to keep the accounts until I made a requisition for them The distance was five hundred miles and the mails were very irregular so that it was necessarily a long time before I could get the papers I supposed I would not be reqired to keep any accounts until I was furnished with the means & you will see by the statement of the commanding officer that I did attend the freedman according to the order and time specified in the pay account enclosed