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Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands, Office Disbursing Officer state of Missouri St. Louis, Mo. ... 187 F.A. Seely, Disbursing Officer. No. 708 Chestnut Street. does not actually prove payment. And to remedy this, I have for years in transmitting vouchers for signature enclosed a letter (Form No 1 enclosed) on which I require explicit instructions as to making payment. And in case of any deficiency or want of clearness, withhold it till the defect is remedied. [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] Then in whatever way the payment is made I have a similar letter (Form No 2) in which the receipt of the money is acknowledged. Form 1 is filed with "Letters Received", and Form 2 I put away, as my own vouchers for the payment. In whatever method the payment is made there is still another voucher, either an Express Receipt, a check endorsed.