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Francis George Shaw, President. Rev. W. G. Hawkins, Cor. Sec. & Sec. Teacher's Committee. E. C. Estes, Sec. of Executive Committee & Business Agent. Rev. James J. Woolsey, Sec. of Finance Committee, to whom letters in respect to Agents should be addressed National Freedman's Relief Association, Rooms, 76 John Street, New York. Boxes of Clothing should be marked N.F.R.A., 76 John Street, New York. Mark, also, on each box or barrel, the name of the place whence it is sent, and the name of the person sending it. Send a List of its contents in each package, and a copy of the same, by mail, to E.C. Estes, Business Agent. Money should be sent, in Bank Checks or Drafts, payable to JOSEPH B. COLLINS, Treasurer, 40 Wall Street, New York; and all Letters relating to the business of the Association, should be addressed to the appropriate Officers in their official capacity; while private letters should be endorsed "Personal." New York Aug. 15 1865 Col. O. Brown Assist Commissioner of Freedmen Bureau Richmond Va Dear Sir Allow me to introduce you to Mr. J. B. Bonnelle who with his estimable lady has been in our employ for some time in North Carolina. He desire to engage in some business that may benefit the the freedmen while it may affect him a support. Should he open a store at a parish where supplies for the freedmen are needed at low. prices; we should not hesitate to trust him with such as we have to be sold on Commission. Respectfully yours, Wm. Geo. Hawkins