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Portsmouth, Va. July 27th 1869 Gen.O.O. Howard, Washington D.C. Dear General Having visited a meeting held here a few evenings ago by my col. friends,to take action in raising a certain amount of money to be added to a gift in donation of $1500-00 for Free School purposes, and in which, on with which I presume you are officially connected. I beg leave to state that great precaution should be observed in forwarding for appropriation the above sum. I speak this because the Finance Committee composing this body are the very same parties I do not say all of them, that have caused the Freedmen here abouts to suffer in other enterprises