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Woodbury Aug 24th 1866
General OL Howard
Dear Sir
On examing some of the Washington papers I find that you are still connected with the freed mans bureau. My object in writing is this. I understand that there are a great many teachers to be employed to educate the children of the liberated Slaves. And I would like to know under what circumstances and how those teachers are to be employed. If they are to be educated I clame to have a right to help to educate them from the fact that I buckled on my sword and fought for