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Washington D.C. May 1st 1867.
Bvt Lt Col A. P. Ketchum
A. A. A. General,
Bureau of R. F. and A. L.
Sir:
In compliance with instructions from you, to explain why I left my station as Asst Supt of the Counties of Pr George and Dinwiddle, Va, which I am reported to have left without proper authority, by Bvt Major J. R. Stone, Supt 2nd Dist of Va, I respectfully invite your attention to the enclosed copy of an order from the Adjt General, and to to the following statement. I came to the office of Major Stone, April 1st, he asked me if I had got my orders? (He knew that I had received an appointment in the regular army and suspected orders to join my regiment.) I replied, yes. I then made out receipts for the property in my possession pertaining to the Bureau of R. F. & A.L. which he signed and I now hold. I did not show 
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