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Columbia Hospital Washington D.C. Augt. 24th 1866 Brig. Genl C. Howard Asst. Comr. Freedmans Bureau General I most respectfully desire to apply for the building belonging to your bureau & now the only one standing on the corner of 14 & M Street. It was formerly used as a Stable & Guard house &c. I want it to extend the accommodation and number of beds for the wives & widows of soldiers & sailors. if the above request is granted we can receive twenty more patients than we can with our present room — Very Respectfully J. H. Thompson M.D. Surgeon in chief