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60 Vol 2
HEADQUARTERS,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
STATE OF TEXAS.
Galveston, Texas, May 1, 1867

To 
Maj. Genl. O.O. Howard,
Commissioner &c.
Washington, D.C.

General:
I have the honor to request that William Garretson of York, Pennsylvania, be appointed an Agent of this Bureau at a salary of Twelve Hundred Dollars per year, to date from April 12, 1867.

I am Very Respectfully,
Your Obed. Servt.
Chas Griffin,
Bvt. Maj. Gen. U.S.A.
Asst. Commissioner
State of Texas

Appointment like others, dated
May 9 to take effect Apr 12, 1867