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     The undersigned, James S.O.' Donnell, late Surgeon U.S. Vols, being duly sworn testifies, that during the month of December 1865 and January 1866, he was in partnership for the practice of Medicine with Dr. Geo. C. Douglass, late Surgeon U.S. Vols at Harpers Ferry West Va. - That we employed the same Office attended who received all messages for both, and delivered to each when the other was absent, or unable to attend to such calls, and that the mail of each was placed in the same box, at the Post Office, and delivered together, consequently I am able to testify that there could hardly have been any Official communications from J.J. De Lameter Surgeon  U.S. Vols in charge of Bureau at Richmond Va. received by Dr Douglass, without my knowledge of the fact, and I never knew of any orders, instructions, or blanks being received by Dr. Douglass, and am perfectly confident in my belief that he never did receive any.
      I further testify that the professional duties of Dr Douglass' Office to the Bureau were invariably propetly, faithfully and satisfactorially performed,- There was no complaint or cause for complaint by the Freedman during the time of Dr. Douglass' contract,- That prior to the contract we had each attended to all calls made by the Freedmen upon us with the same promptness and liberality as though we were sure of a liberal fee in compensation, and the object of the contract was for compensation of Medicines, which dictates of humanity was compelling us to furnish gratuitously  unless the Government would compensate us.
     In the arrangement by which Dr. Douglass, transferred all the professional business of our copartnership to me, he took as a part of his share of the uncollected debts, the bill against the Freedmans Bureau, under his contract with that institution; and that I have no pecuniary interest in its collection                        J.L. O'Donnell M.D