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No. 4 President's Square, Washington. Novr 12/65.

General O. O. Howard,
Chief of Freedmen's Bureau.

General,

1. A friend from Va. writes to inquire if there is an asylum here to which he may send, & if so on what conditions, an aged and blind colored woman, who formerly belonged to the estate of his deceased father, & whom he (previous to the rebellion, when he had means) provided with board lodgings & attendance in a neighboring village [[strike-through]] when he was able to do so [[/strike-through]] which he is not now able to do.

2. Another friend from Missouri desires "copies of the orders under which General Thomas acted in the Spring of '65 when he went down the Mississippi and leased abandoned lands to loyal men pledging to them the protection of the Government." I cannot clearly make out whether '63 or '65 is [[strike-through]] as [[/strike-through]] meant, as the last figure is badly written by my correspondent. I suppose it is '65.

I beg the favor of said information on these points as you may be able, and find it convenient, to communicate to me for their use.

I have the honor to be, General,
very respectfully Yours
S. P. Lee