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NARA 864

(No.30.)
Disbursing Office U.S. Army
174½ Fourth Street 
Louisville, Sept 15, 1873.

Benjamin and Julia Howard
Cynthiana,
Harrison Co. Ky  Care N. Curtis

This is to inform you that your claim has been settled, and that a disbursing officer will be at Louisville, Ky, on the 7th (Seventh) October next - at Cynthiana on the Eighth (8th) October - and at Covington Ky, on the 9th October for the purpose of paying the amount due you.

It is important that you shall appear in person PROMPTLY AT THE TIME AND PLACE NAMED.

I inclose you blank form for affidavit of two credible persons as to your identity, which should be executed before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments; if notary public or justice of the peace, the certificate of the clerk of the court that they are so authorized must be presented. 

The money that is to be paid you is all your own, and is not subject to claim or demand, in whole or in part, by any one else.

This letter, together with any papers in your possession that may aid in establishing your identity, should be shown by you to the disbursing officer.

A.P. Howe 
Bt Maj. Genl. U.S.A.
Disbursing Officer.
(over)