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Bureau Refugees Freedmen &c.
Office Asst Disbursing Officer.
Vicksburg Miss May 29, 1871.

Bvt Brig Genl E. Whittlesey,
A.A.A. General. Bu. R.F. & A.L.
Washington D.C.

General,
In compliance with instructions contained in Circular Letter from your office of date 20th inst. I have the honor to transmit herewith receipts for arrears of pay and bounty, this day paid to the following claimants.
Viz

Mary Chapman, widow of John Chapman late Pvt. F Co 5th U.S. Col H Arty
John Patterson late Pvt "C" Co 51st U.S.C. Inft

Very respectfully
Your obedient servant.
J.H. Chapman,
Agt. Bu. R.F. & A.L.
Asst D.O.