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Baird of Education for Freedmen,
Department of the Gulf,
New Orleans, April 9 1864.

Col. L.B. Holabird

Chief Quartermaster Dept of the Gulf.

Sir.
The Board of Education, appointed under Gen. Order 38, respectfully request that the house of John Valentine corner St. Mary + Chestnut, be assigned to them as Quarters for their Teachers.  

The said Valentine is an open and bitter rebel, has always refused to take the Oath of Allegiance, and his property is believed to be justly liable to seizure. 

Very Respectfully,
Your Ob't Serv't
Lt. E. M. Wheelock.
Isaac G. Hubbs