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[[preprinted]] WORK WANTED. ______ BEING OUT OF EMPLOYMENT, I desire a situation as Clerk, or Book Keeper. Books Posted and Balanced. Accounts drawn off, and copying done at low figures, and with neatness and accuracy. LEONIDAS BROWN Feb. 5 — 5th [[/preprinted]] [[stamp]] RECEIVED FEB 23 1869 PRIVATE [[/stamp]] Salisbury Rowan County, North Carolina February 20th 1869. Maj. Genl. O. O. Howard, Com'r &c. Washington, D.C. Genl: I have the honor respectfully to state that, after the assurances of Bvt. Lt. Col. J. F. Chur, that my appointment should stand, as Clerk, in the Office, at this station, — whose letter is herewith enclosed — and depending upon this appointment, I contracted one, or two debts, expecting to pay them from my salary for the month of November, 1868. On the 24th of October, 1868, I received the Order, cancelling my appointment, to take effect Oct. 31st 1869. Although my services then ended, yet, in consideration of my former services, the punctuality, and