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Post Office Department No 19348 Washington D.C. October 26th, 1869. [[stamp]]The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]] General: I have the honor to request that you will please furnish me with a statement of the number of officers of the War Department and it's several Bureaux, who are now exercising the privilege of franking official correspondence. I will be obliged if you will cause this information to be communicated as early as practicable. I am very Respectfully, Your Obdt. Servt (sd) Jno. A J Creswell Postmaster General. Gen. W.T. Sherman Secy. of War.