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Mobile 3d Sept. 1865
Capt. W. A. Poillon
Asst Supt. Freedmans &C

Sir
In reply to the letter from Genl. Wager Swayne written to you & handed to me for perusal. I have to say - that although my advise has usually been followed by the trustees in matters connected with the Mobile Medical College, I have not individually the power to make any change in agreements entered into by them  - the trustees are nearly all absent at this time & probably  will not return for a month.

There is a misapprehension in the letter of Genl Swayne - At the time of the agreement between Genl C.C. Andrews, & myself on the part of the trustees, nothing was said by either party about the cost of repairs - After going with me over the whole establishment & seeing its condition, it was simply agree between us that the building should be used for two years as a Freedmens school (that is all the rooms not containing museum apparatus +c) on condition that the Bureau would repair the roof thoroughly secure the windows (which had been crushed by the explosions) against wind & rain, & hand[[strikethrough]]ed [[/strikethrough]]it over the