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156 Macline has not been sent to my office. In making inquiries in regard to claims it is necessary in all cases to state the Co & regt. that the soldier served in Very respy yr obdt servt Geo Gibson Maj. 5th Inf.D.O. D.O.F.B.A.G.O. Memphis Tenn May 29. 73. Mr. S. Geisreitter Pine Bluff Ark. Sir I have the honor to inform you that I will be in Little Rock Ark on Wednesday the 18th day of June for the purpose of paying claimants. Those claimants mentioned in my letters of the 21 & 22 inst can be paid at Little Rock by appearing there with their witnesses promptly on the day named if they would prefer that to meeting me at Helena on next Monday I have the honor to be Sir Very respy yr obdt servt Geo Gibson Maj. 5th Inf. D.O. D.O.F.B.A.G.O. Memphis Tenn. May 30. 73 Capt. J McMillan 3rd Arty &c Capt. I have the honor to transmit herewith duly signed receipts (in duplicate) for $2429 10/00 &$2365 81/100 placed by you to my official credit in the 1st Nat. Bank Memphis Tenn with which to pay 14 & 13 claimants as per your lists of the 23rd & 24th insts respectively I have the honor to be Capt Very respy yr obdt servt Geo Gibson Maj. 5th Inf D.O. D.O.F.B.A.G.O. Memphis Tenn. May 30. 73. Maj G.G. Huntt 1st Cav. D.O. New Orleans La. Maj: I have the honor to return herewith duly signed receipts (in duplicate) for $102 95/100 being the amount of the claim Mat Jones late Pvt. Co A. 62 U.S.C.T. enclosed in your letter of the [[illegible]] 157 Inclosed also please find duly signed an extract copy of List of Claimants to be paid I have the honor to be Major Very respy yr obdt servt Geo Gibson Maj. 5th Inf. D.O. D.O.F.B.A.G.O. Memphis Tenn. May 30. 73. Genl E D Townsend Adjt Genl. &c Genl: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of date of May 24. 73 returning me to be destroyed my "Weekly Report of Payments" & "Statement of Public Funds" for the week ending with the 10th inst. As was perceived I had corrected the error of "Thirty Cents (made by me in the case of Benjamin Barker late Pvt Co K. 55 CT) in the copies forwarded by me to your office for substitution I having had the good luck to discover the same myself. In regard to the discrepancy, however in my "Statement of Public Funds" forwarded by me the same week & to which you invite my attention I having reported that I had on deposit in the 1st Nat. Bank at Memphis May 10. 73 the sum of $30781.43 whilst the Treas. of the U.S. reported that I had but $26253.51 I have the honor to represent that I hold in my possession at the present time (& did so at the time said "Statement" was made out & forwarded) Certif. of Dep. No 92 1st Nat. Bank Memphis Tenn. of date of May 6. 73 for the sum of $4527 62/100 placed to my official credit by Capt. James McMillan 3rd Arty D.O. at Washington D.C. & for which receipt were transmitted said officer May 8. 1873. I sincerely trust for the sake of my official credit as a Disbursing Officer that more faithful reports may be exacted in future from the Bank in question I have the honor to be General Very respectfully Your obedient servant Geo Gibson Maj 5th Inf. D.O.F.B.A.G.O.
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Reopened for Editing 2024-12-06 20:57:59
Brought back from completed because it isn't.
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This was an AI generated mashup of words that had little bearing on the actual text. Have erased it since easier to start over.
I wasn't able to see the previous page but it may help determine the first word.
I could use some help with the abbreviation of the office. I know it ends in A.G.O. but am not sure about what proceeds it D.O. ? A.G.O.?
Thanks for asking. Hope you see this note.
D.O.F.B.A.G.O.
D.O. = Disbursing Officer
F.B. = Freedmen's Bureau
A.G.O. = Assistant (or Acting or Adjutant?) General's Office
U.S.C.T. = United States Colored Troops
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-the first word on the page is Maclure-this letter is about a claim for that soldier
-AGO stands for Adjutant General's Office
-Mr. S. Geisreitter
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