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War Department, 
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. 
Washington, Nov'r 1st 1865. 

Brig. Genl. Davis Tillson 
Act'g. Asst. Com'r &c.
Augusta, Ga. 

General. 
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of Oct. 25th submitting for the information of the Commissioner a copy of a letter from you to the Provisional Governor of the State of Georgia of date Oct. 25th requesting that the Civil Officers of the State may be instructed to act as agents of this Bureau. 

In reply thereto I am directed to inform you that that communication meets with the approval of the Bureau. 
Very Respectfully 
Your Obedient Servant, 
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