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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
OFFICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER,
FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
Vicksburg, Miss., January 14th 1868.

Major Genl. O.O. Howard
Commissioner Bureau R.F. and A.L.,
Washington D.C.

General,
I have this day delivered to Southern Express Co for shipment to your office a box containing all the records and paper heretofore turned over to this office by the Treasury Dept. Vicksburg, Miss. They consist principally of leases abandoned plantations and appraisements of abandoned property in Mississippi. Please find receipt from Ex Co enclosed.

Very respectfully
Your Obedt Servant
Alvan C Gillem
Bt Maj Gen U.S.A. Asst. Comr Miss.