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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Head-Quarters Assistant Commissioner, District of Virginia,
Richmond, Va., July 9th 1868.

Bvt: Brig: Genl Geo. W. Balloch
Chf: D.O.

General,
Your communication of June 1st 1868, with check for $288 00/100 payable to Frank Paine, was duly received.
I enclose herewith duplicate vouchers for the amount properly signed and witnessed, with a statement of F. W. Haskell A.S.A.C, relative to the discrepancy between Paine's name as signed by himself, and as written on the back of the vouchers_ If the explanation is satisfactory please inform me, in order that I may remit the check to its destination.

Yours truly
O Brown
Bvt. Brig: Genl Vols
Asst Comr

{J. 136 & W. 291 RF&AL, Va. 1868}