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Montgomery Ala, April 30, 1868. Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard. Commissioner &c Washington, D.C. Sir: I have the honor to request that, on the revocation of my appointment as clerk in the Bureau R.F. & A.L. State of Alabama. I be furnished transportation, from Montgomery. Ala; to my home at Fort Dodge Iowa. I was employed in the Bureau in April 1866, by Col. C. Cadle Jr. A.A.G. and in a verbal contract with that gentleman it was stipulated, that on my resignation I should be furnished transportation to my residence. Two other clerks, Washington Cull and George O'Reilly, employed about that time, have since been transported to their homes by the Bureau.
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[[stamp]]THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES[[/stamp]]