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thus saving the government by the secrecy sought Fifty Dollars per month
And I further certify that this and this alone was the only reason for keeping said contract secret and the object of the letter from GC Douglass to Surgeon Delameter not to address said Douglas as officially connected with said Bureau and no political reasons led him to disavow the above connexin
I have no pecuniary connexion or interest in the contract whatever
J.S. O'Donnell

E 24 RF&AL Vol 9, 67
G 275 RF&AL Vol 8, 1866
D 1 RF&AL 1867
[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

Signed and sworn to before me by the said J.S. ODonnell in my Township of Harpers Ferry in Jefferson County West Va this 11th day of Sept 1866
John Koonce Justice

Rec Bu RF&AL April 9, '67

Enclosure "A"
Affidavit of Dr O'Donnell.