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Washington D.C. May 15 1865

Maj Genl. O.O. Howard

Dear Sir,

Permit me to say to you, that President Lincoln, one week before his assassination, gave Gov. O.P. Morton of Indiana and others that called upon him, the assurances that J.W. Ricks of Perry County Ind. would be appointed Assistant Commissioner in the Bureau of Freedmen affairs, when organized.  he comes highly recommended, as you have already knowledge, and I trust you will assign him a good place in your Bureau.

Yours Truly
Wm. Slade
Usher to the President

Transcription Notes:
Gov of Indiana at this time: Oliver P. Morton August 4, 1823 – November 1, 1877 (aged 54) Pres. Lincoln's steward: Near the top of the servants’ scale stood William Slade, ”a faithful man” wrote one of Lincoln’s secretaries,