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Washington Mch 31 1868 Genl C H Howard My Dear Genl Permit me to introduce my partner Mr Chas. B Pearson who (with myself) wishes to secure the furnishing of Hardware Nails &c for the buildings being erected by Mr Perkins - Times are dull & we are not just now doing enough to keep us employed & this is my apology for troubling you Very Truly Yrs [[signature]] John R Elvains [[/signature]]