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Philada 7/17/65. Col. O. Brown, Esteemed Friend, In reply to Prof. Woodbury's invitation to join in a convention of delegates of the different Freedmen's Assoc'ns at Richmond. I have informed him of the late interview of Yardley Warner with them, & also that Dr J.E. Rhoads, the Cors Secr of the Penna Assocn is a member of our Instruction Commr, & expects to visit Richmond on the same errand about 20th inst. We should like much to retain our present location in York Co. & vicinity, & at Williamsburg; & believing concentration