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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 
[[strikethrough]] OFFICE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT EDUCATION. [[/strikethrough]]

Washington, May 16, 1870

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

James M. Anderson Esq.

Dear Sir:
Your letter to Genl Howard in behalf of Mrs Anna Jameson has been placed in my hands with instructions to reply. I herewith send you the original voucher taken from the files of the D.O. requesting that you carefully preserve [[strikethrough]]the same [[/strikethrough]] and return it to Gen. Howard. You will see that Mrs. Jameson receipted for the full amount. If proof can be given that she was paid only $50, an officer will be sent to make a thorough investigation and measures taken to bring the man guilty of fraud to justice. But this bureau has very little means to carry out its work, and the costs