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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Claim Division,
Washington, D.C., Nov. 10. ,1871

Brev. Brig. Gen. E. Whittlesey,
A.A.A. Gen.

General:

In conformity with instructions of the 30th ult. I have the honor to enclose herewith my report of funds received and expended on account of commutation for rations of late colored soldiers while prisoners of war.

In addition to the duplicate receipted vouchers regularly required in each case to be forwarded to the Depot Commissary of Subsistence, it has been the invariable requirement of this office that a separate receipt be furnished on payment of the amount due to the respective claimants.

Your obedient servant,
William P. Drew
Agt. & Chf. of Claims Div.