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On the recordMay 24, 1866
In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st instant, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, with the accompanying papers, in reference to the operations of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

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