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regard to cutting wood and lumber on abandoned and confiscated property.

The Bureau needs support, and should have it, and everything you do in this connection will be approved and supported by me, and should any claims for damages arise from your action, they can be settled hereafter by due course of law

Very Respectfully &c
O. O. Howard
Maj. Genl. Commissioner

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