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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
Charleston, S.C., 22d Dec. 1870

Gen. E. Whittlesey
Asst. Adj't General
Bureau R.F.& A.L.

General,
I have the honor to enclose detailed Statement, the preparation of which, I began for Capt. Gile before I was appointed to relieve him. It includes all the claims that have been placed in my hands by any representative of the Bureau prior to my present appointment. In it I intended to show the Capt. what portion of the claims had been collected, what I consider collectable, what class of persons the unpaid claims are against, & the pecuniary responsibility of the debtors, as 

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