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[[preprinted]] PENNSYLVANIA BRANCH AMERICAN FREEDMEN'S UNION COMMISSION, No. 711 SANSOM STREET. STEPHEN COLWELL, Pres. FRANCIS R. COPE, Vice-Pres. ELLIS YARNALL, Rec. Sec. ROBERT R. CORSON, Cor. Sec. E. W. CLARK, Treasurer, 35 South Third Street. Philadelphia ^[[Dec 1st]] 186^[[8]] [[/preprinted]] My Dear Mr Kimball. Both of yours of yesterday at hand. Many thanks for the information. I have decided to leave here on [[underlined]] Friday [[/underlined]] next at 12.00. [[underlined]] noon [[/underlined]], to be at Washington Friday Evening, and all day next Saturday, as I might not return in time to see Genl O.O. — I will bring my a/cs and guess they will be all right — If not out of your way would you stop at Willards and Engage a good room for me for Friday? My wife goes with me, and I have had such bad luck in rooms, then, I should like to be comfortable while there. Mr Brooks wants one for Monday night. He meets me in Lynchburg on Tuesday Evening — (over)