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636 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Head Queaters 10th Sub-District of Virginia, Alexandria, Va., Oct. 21st 1868. Bvt. Capt. Will. A. Coulter A.A.A.G. Bureau R.F.&A.L. Richmond, Virginia Captain:— In reply to your communication of the 19th inst. I have the honor to report that Mr. J.C. De Putron has been tendered the place as clerk at Hd-Qrs 8th Sub-Dist. Wytheville, Va. which he respectfully declines for the following reasons; That the engagement is only temporary and would not justify the removal of his family to that place; That it would take him from his family who reside on a farm in the country; and would force him to leave his wife alone in the country without any person at the house bur servants; That it would interfere with his farming arrangements which are pressing at this time; That he is about making