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Headquarters, Assistant Commissioner,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
South Carolina and Georgia
Charleston, S. C. May 9th, 1866
General
Bvt Maj Gen R Saxton Asst Commissioner directs that transportation under Gen Orders 138 War Dept A.G.O. 1865 be furnished to 140 (one hundred and forty) Freedpeople the former slaves of Mr Rhett from the state line of Georgia to this place
I am General
Very Respectfully
Your obt servt
H.W. Smith
Asst Adjt Gen

Brig Gen Davis Tillson
Asst Commissioner Georgia