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Headquarters, District of Texas. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands. Austin, Texas, May 12" 1868. To. Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard, Commissioner &c., Washington, D.C., General:- I have the honor to request that Mr. A. K. Foster be appointed an Agent of this Bureau at a Salary of One Hundred Dollars per month, to take effect May 16, 1868. I am Very Respect., your obdt. Servant, J.J. Reynolds Bvt. Maj. Gen. U.S.A. Asst. Commissioner, State of Texas