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Office Sub-Ass't Commissioner
Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Wharton Texas.
June 10th 1867

Lieut. J. T. Kirkman.
A.A.A.G. Bureau R.F. & A.L.
State of Texas.

Sir.

I have the honor to request that as soon as practicable I may be furnished with copies of the "Freedmens Bureau" and "Civil Rights" Bills there being no copies of these bills in this office and although knowledge of them being essential to the proper discharge of any duties as an Agent of the Bureau.

I am Sir.
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt.
Ira H. Evans
Agent Bureau R.F. & A.L.

Transcription Notes:
Ira Hobart Evans (April 11, 1844 – April 19, 1922) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War and received the Medal of Honor. He was also a prominent Texas businessman.