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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