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War Department Washington City September 19, 1871 Circular: The Secretary of War directs that leave of absence for ten days be granted to all Ohio voters employed in the War Department and its Bureaus, who wish to go to their respective homes to vote at the approaching State Election, October 10, 1871 (signed) John Potts, Chief Clerk Official copy: John Potts Chief Clerk The Commissioner of the Freedmens Bureau.