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Blufton
29th Jany 1867.
Maj. Gen. Swayne
Genl.
[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

I certainly was guilty of a very gross omission in sending you an unsigned letter for which I humbly crave your pardon.
I trust it will not interfere with the granting of any legitimate favors which I may ask for in this - the souls or bodies or for improving and elevating the moral & mental condition of the freedmen in our midst. No considerations deter me when I believe I am in the line of duty. I am thank God above and beyond the influences which may & do [[strikethrough]] influence [[/strikethrough]] operate on so many others in our