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[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] St. Charles Mo. August 17th 1865 Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard Dear Sir In the latter part of June on the first of July I made application through the regular military channel for an appointment in the Bureau for Freedmen Since then we were ordered north from Selma Alabama when the application was made & we have been mustered out of the service & no answer to the application has been recieved. A communication from your office was recieved for me in St Louis & was forwarded to Selma Ala & has apparently been lost. I therefore ask that a renewal of the appointment (if one has been made) may be sent to me directed St Louis Post Office Box 2500 Or that I may be informed in what way the proper application may be made very Respectfully Elias S. Schenck Late Captain 33d Reg. Mo. Inf. Vols. Co. R