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Head Quarters Dept. of the Potomac. 
Bureau of Refugees Freedmen & A.L.
Richmond, Va. December 22d. 1866.

General E. D. Townsend A.A.G.
War Department.
Washington D.C.

General:

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 21st instant conveying the order of the Secretary of War, by direction of the President, that the Military Commission appointed by me for the trial of James L. Watson be dissolved and that James L. Watson be discharged from Military Custody.

I have accordingly dissolved the Commission and discharged Mr Watson.

I am General,
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.

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