2 pages, folio, 7 7/8 x 12 1/2 in., on Head Quarters Provost Marshal's Office letterhead, separations along old folds, with neat closures to verso, minor toning. Signed by Henry B. Todd. 

In part: "Received of Lt. Col. H.C. Doster 21st Penna Cavalry, the Sum of Two hundred and five Dollars & Sixty-seven cents $205.67/100, being the amount of money in full belonging to [the] Contraband Fund." 

A precursor to the Freedmen's Bureau, which was not established until 1865, the Contraband Fund was one of many efforts by the Federal Government or Military to furnish newly emancipated African Americans with basic necessities and opportunities.