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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.