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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
[[strikethrough]] OFFICE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT EDUCATION.[[/strikethrough]]
Washington June 13, 1871.

Hon Jno Scott 
Wash D.C.

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

Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Communication of the 9th Inst, is in accordance with your request to forward the names of the following witnesses, who can give reliable information I think respecting the disturbed districts where they reside.
Gen. C.H. Howard Chicago Ill. (who recently made an inspection in Miss. & forwarded to me several letters.)
L.B. Gesser Aberdeen Miss.
J.N. Bishop Columbus Miss.
Capt. H.R. Pease Jackson Miss.
(State Supt of Education)