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[[strikethrough]] United States Sanitary Commission. [[/strikethrough]]
[[preprinted]] American Freedmans Union Commission,
No. [[strikethrough]] 76 John Street [[/strikethrough]] ^[[30 Vesey]] - [[strikethrough]] P.O. Box 5,733. [[/strikethrough]]
Lyman Abbott, Gen. Sec.  J. M. McKim, Cor. Sec.
new York, ^[[Decr 21.]] 18^[[68]] [[/preprinted]]

Mr Jno Kimball,
I received a letter from Miss Lyons at Princess Ann, Md. today and presume that her letter to you has also been delivered.
You will not be surprised then that I must say that I was both mortified and chagrinned that no preparation had been made for this young girl, not even a place for her to board selected, indeed no one knew that she was coming.
Will you be kind enough to tell me as soon as possible what arrangement you