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War Department
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Head Quarters Asst Commissioner
Washington D.C. July 1st 1865.

Mr. E. Knowlton
Fortress Monroe, Va.,

Sir

I am directed by the Assistant Commissioner to urge you to come this way when you go East. Your appointment as Col Eaton spoke about is assured, and salary from the Government

I am sig
Very Respectfully &c
S. A. Clark
Lieut & A.A.A.G.