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Chatham 4 corners Aug 21st 65

Major Gen'l Howard

I have written to Lieut E. M. Wheelock of New Orleans and obtained a situation as Government Teacher, and he wrote to me if I applied to you you would grant me transportation to New Orleans. If I write you when I am ready to start will you send it to me.

Very Respectfully
Mrs Emma M. Sutherland
Chatham 4 corners
Columbia Co.
N.Y.

Transcription Notes:
Chatham Four Corners, as the community was known by the mid-1800’s, was now a bustling hub of railroading centered on the New York Central’s Harlem Division, whose trackage was extended northward from New York City, arriving at its northern terminus in 1852.