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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.

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

a receipt for on registered letter or the record of a P.O. order, and my Form 2 always indicates which of them. 
This last receipt is of great service and several times has enabled me to conformed indisposed persons, who were charging that they had not received their money. 
I believe Col Runkle has copied my forms at least No 1, and it seems to me they accomplished all that is intended in the circular with much less labor. In the present reduced condition of our force this is a serious consideration. 
Very Respectfully Yours
F A Seely
DO for Mo

Gen E Whittlesey
AAA Genl