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64 Bureau Refugees, Freedmen Abandoned Lands Office: Supt of Education Nashville Tenn. Sept 7, 1869. Bvt. Brig Genl Geo. W. Balloch Chief Disbursing Officer Bu R. F. & A. L. Washington D.C. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Check No. 6760 on Asst Treas at New York for $203.97/100 to pay Postage, Office Rent, Salaries of Clerk and Messengers for the month of August 1869 Very respectfully Your obedient servant C. E. Compton Bvt Lt Col USA Supt of Education