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War Department. A.H.G.O.
Washington, D.C. Apr. 9/66

Townsend, E.D.
Asst. Adjt. General

States to Bvt. Maj. Gen. J.M. Brannon, Com'dg. Dept of Georgia, that the Presidents proclamation does not remove martial law or operate in any way upon the Freedmans Bureau in the exercise of its legitimate jurisdiction.

Recd B.R.F. & A.L. Apr. 22. 1866
B.R.F. & A.L. (T.3.) 1866.