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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands, Office Disbursing Officer State of Missouri, St. Louis, Mo., May 10th 1868. General I have the honor to request an order to come to Washington D.C. on public business, of which I may avail myself as soon as the duties of my office and my personal affairs will permit. I am contemplating a resignation of my position in the Bureau before long. I am however very desirous before doing so of conferring with the Commissioner & the heads of its different branches concerning its future management in this state. An early answer will oblige Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt F A Seely D.O. Mo. Gen E Whittlesey A A A Genl