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Washington City
Nov. 27th 1868

General O.O. Howard
Comr. B. R. F. & A. L.

Sir

Your recent order, among other things, confers upon the Assistant Com'r. of North Carolina the right of recommending for appointment the necessary officers to be connected with the Bureau after the 31st of Dec'r.

Allow me to say that so far as the Post of New Bern N.C. is concerned, Charles A. Nelson Esq. at present the energetic Chashier of the Freedmans Savings Bank at that