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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, October 1st, 1870.

Hon. W. W. Belknap
Secretary of War.

[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

Sir:
I have the honor to forward herewith an estimate of funds that I deem absolutely necessary to supply deficiency in the appropriation for the support of this Bureau for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871.- amounting to 169000  [[strikethrough]] one hundred and sixty six thousand dollars $166,000  $225373.08 [[/strikethrough]]

To explain the cause of this deficiency, it will be remembered that Congress reappropriated reappriated the money already appropriated for the support of this Bureau just at the close of the last session as follows: -

To Wilberforce University, Ohio, $25,000.
To Lincoln University, Pa. $12,000.

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