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Bureau Refugees Freedmen &c
Officer Asst. Disbursing Officer
Vicksburg Miss July 27, 1871.

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

General.


I have the honor to request a leave of absence for (40) Forty days, commencing August 7th 1871. My reasons for making this application are as follows.

I have received an order from the Surgeon General for an artificial leg under the provisions of Act of Congress approved June 17, 1870. and I desire to visit Philadelphia Pa for the purpose of having it fitted. I am also anxious to embrace this opportunity to visit my home in Middletown, Conn.

As this is my first application for a leave since I have been on duty in this Bureau. (April 5, 1866) and at the time specified the duties of this office being light - as the freedmen are hard at work in their

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