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0679 War Department, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Washington Sept 8th, 1869 As a mark of respect to the memory of late Hon. John A. Rawlins, late Secy of War this Bureau will be closed from this morning until after the funeral obsequies of the deceased Secretary shall have been solemnized. By order of Bt. Maj. Genl. O.O. Howard. Henry M Whittlesey A.A.A. General Genl Balloch G.W. Balloch W.P. Drew William B Drews Col. J.M. Brown. JMBrown Capt. J. A. Sladen. J.A. Sladen J.W. Alvord. J.W. Alvord W.F. McLenman. T.F. Fanning John Kimball. I.Q. Crosby
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obsequies:noun
funeral rites.