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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, December 16th, 1868.

Bt. Col. J. R. Lewis
Assistant = Commissioner,
Atlanta Georgia

Col,
By direction of the Secretary of War, and in accordance with your request of - the appointment of Mr. J. J. Knox as an Officer in the State of Georgia made August 11, 1868 from this Office is hereby revoked to date Decr. 31st, 1868.

By order of Maj.- Gen O. O. Howard Commissioner.

E. Whittlesey
Act. Asst. Adj. = General.

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