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Office Depot & Port QM
Montgomery Ala
Oct 21st 1865,

Brig Genl. W. Swain
Comdg Freedmans Bureau

Genl-
The affliction which has befallen my friend Lt. McGogy will I am informed required has absence from duty
I, understand you have granted him a leave of absence. I take the liberty of [[strikethrough]] sending [[/strikethrough]] offering my services in his absence to attend to any & all business for which you may choose to intrust to my care in connection with Lt McGogy's Dept.

Should this arrangement meet with your approbation I assure