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[[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]]

New York
National Freedman's Relief Association,
No.76 John Street.
New York, 20 Dec. 1865.

Revd. C.W. Buckley
Sup in Montgomery Ala

My dear Sir:

I welcome you heartily in your new official position, & am confident that you will perform a good work.  

As an Association limited now in our operations of the Eastern Department, we cannot extend them to your State, but I send your letter of 5th inst to Revd J.R. Shipherd, Secy of the Com'n at Washington, in hopes that you may be aided in the plan you propose.
  
Yrs Truly
Frans Geo. Shaw  Pres

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