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A.G.O. Head-Quarters [[strikethrough]] Dep't and [[/strikethrough]] Army of the Tennessee,

Alexandria Va. May 16th 1865

Major General O.O. Howard
Commissioner of the Bureau of Freedman &c.
Washington D.C.

General.
I have the honor to respectfully solicit a Clerkship in the "Freedman's Bureau" Washington D.C.

My three years term of service will expire September 3d 1865.

Should you choose to give me a place I shall ever strive to merit the confidence thus imposed.

Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servt.
Jay H. Gaston
"G." Co. 95" Ills. Inf. Vols

Transcription Notes:
Jay or Joy? Jay!