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Lincoln Illinois Dec 27th A.D. 1866. Maj Gen Howard Washington D.C. Sir I have the honor to request information with reference to securing employment in the Dep't of the Freedmans Bureau in the States of Mississippi or Arkansas. If such a place can be secured by transmitting proper recommendations signed & recommended &c? Permit me to state here that I have served three years in the Army as an enlisted man, 2d & 1st Lieut & Capt. Hoping to be honored with a reply I remain Very Respectfully Your Ob't Serv't D.H. Harts.