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Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
FOR ARKANSAS AND INDIAN TERRITORY,
Office of Assistant Commissioner,
Little Rock, Ark. March 26th 1867.

#48.

Brevet Brig. General O. Brown,
A.A.A. Gen'l Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Richmond, Va.

General,

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt this day of papers relating to the contract of George Loring Agent of J.D. Blackburn of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, with certain freedmen who were furnished transportation from Norfolk, Va. to Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

I am very respectfully,
Your Ob't Serv't,
(S'g'd) E.O.C. Ord.
B't Major General U.S.A.
Ass't Commissioner,

by
Jno. Tyler,
1st Lieut 43rd U. S. Infantry,
Act'g Ass't Adj't Gen'l,
In the absence of the Ass't Commissioner.

Transcription Notes:
---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-10-05 03:24:29 This appears to be Edward O.C. Ord's signature, per staff list at https://transcription.si.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/fb_ar_staff_10052020.pdf.