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Bureau Refugees Freedmen, &c.
Office Asst Disbursing Officer,
Vicksburg Miss 24th June 1871

Bvt Brig Genl E. Whittlesey,
A.A.A. General. Bur.R.F. &  A.L.
Washington D.C.
General
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of my discharge and reappointment as Agent Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands at a salary of Eighteen hundred dollars per annum and to signify my acceptance of the same.
I would respectfully request that I maybe furnished with a blank oath, or a copy of the oath required to be filed in the office of the commissioner. I have been trying to get one here to forward as you direct, but cannot find one. 
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J.H.Chapman
Agt Bur.R.F. & A.L.
Asst D.O.

Transcription Notes:
Reopened to ed. A reviewer should know the officer abbreviations.