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Employment office
Cor 17th streets 
Washington D.C.
August 3rd 1867

Mayor M. Clark
Actg. Local supt D.C.

Major 

Your letter of the 3rd inst. requiring of me an explanation as to the reason of my application for transportation for myself to Oberlin Ohio and return. made on the 22nd of last month, and on what grounds it was approved at the office of the Local superintendent, is received, and I have the honor to state, that, at the above mentioned date I had requests submitted to the local sup't for twelve (12) persons which had been approved and were in process of issue beside transportation for one person already issued making the number at that date to the located thirteen (13) but these people were not 
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Transcription Notes:
Edited: corrected some words, Cor is for corner