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Shoe Heel Depot Nov. 14th ^[[1866]]

Col. Allen Rutherford
Chief of Freedmens
Bureau, Wilmington.

Dear Sir, Some time in July I met a Freed man whose leg and foot were extensively ulcerated. I gave it as my opinion that amputation offered the only effective means of relief and refered him to the Freedmans Bureau. I met him subsequently and he insisted that I should perform the operation. I consented to do it provided he could get a suitable place to stay at and a nurse to attend to him. Instead of doing this he came