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Mandate Dear Sir The Commissioner directs me to transmit the enclosed statement, with the request that you obtain from D. W. Glassie Esq., an affidavit of the facts in his case. The certificate referred to here not drawn payable to the order [[strikethrough]] but to the order of the claim 15]] [[/strikethrough]] of the Commissioner, nor were they transferred to Officers of the Freedmans Bureau, the money in payment was not sent by their Bureau to Mr. Glassie. The Bureau had nothing whatever to do with their case. [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] The certificates [[strikethrough]] referred to [[/strikethrough]] were sent by the Second Auditor to the Att'n of Record, Mr Glassie, payable to the order of the claimants. Very respectfully, Your Obt serv't. 19th J. B. Coons Esq Agt etc Nashville, Tenn.