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[Form 6.]

War Department,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER,
Washington, July 6th 1867

Bvt. Brig. Genl. O. Brown,
Assistant-Commissioner, &c.
Richmond Va.

General:
I respectfully forward herewith Transportation Orders, Nos. 1575 & 1576, , for transportation of Destitute Freedpeople, the same having been requested by letter of Lieut. Mont. S. Reed, forwarded to this office, approved by your endorsement of date July 3d 1867.

By order of Maj.-Gen. O.O. Howard, Commissioner.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Henry M Whittelsey
Bvt. Brig.-Gen., Chief Q.M., Bureau R., F., & A.L.