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3 S127 Vol 1 B`R F A L 1865 Phillips Me. July 27, 1865 Smith, Geo. A. Makes application for clerkship [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] Ansd. Aug. 3, 1865 Rec'd Bu. R.F. & A.L. Aug 3rd 1865 [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] Phillips, July, 27th 1865 General Howard, Dear Sir, I take this opportunity of writing to you to see if there are any places in the Freedmens Bureau in which you are wanting any Clerks at the present time. I am disabled by a gunshot wound in the left arm received last Oct , so that I am unable to follow my usual avocation but am as well able to write & do light work as ever I enlisted in the 8th Me Vols Co. A. in the fall of 1861 last Oct I was wounded & captured on the same day & confined in Richmond 101 days & in consequence of illtreatment my arm is badly crippled. As I was discharged the 3 day of June last & thought I would see if you employed any but those