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presented to him by some member of Congress, say, Senator Doolittle of Wisconsin, or Senator Johnson of Maryland, or by any person upon friendly terms with the [[strikethrough]] President [[/strikethrough]] General - I think the [[strikethrough]] President [[/strikethrough]] General will order the Transportation required for all of us, & in that way we may be able to rejoin our severed Husbands in the Congenial Land of our birth. In making this request of our worthy [[strikethrough]] President [[/strikethrough]] General, whose sympathies are actively in behalf of the poor Freedmen, I shall make it upon the truthful plea, that we are helpless exiles from our native Home & from the dearest ties Known to man. Our former Master, who is willing to do everything in his power for us, will write the letter for us. You [[strikethrough]] must [[/strikethrough]]