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Office Sub Asst Com'r Bu. of R.F. and A.L.
22d Sub District of Texas
Bastrop Texas March 21 1868

Major General O.O. Howard
Commissioner
Bureau of R.F. and A.L.
Washington, D.C.

General,

I have the honor hereby to tender my resignation as "Agent of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands," to take effect on the First day of May 1868.

Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt,
Byron Porter
Sub Asst. Com'r
Bu. of R.F. and A.L.