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month soon than I then expected I delivered your note to Col. Bomford & requested him to make the application. This has been done twice in the manner suggested & the applications returned disapproved.

My brother in writing to me about this, requests me to make no further effort in his behalf but as I feel confident that the matter has been decided adversely without your knowledge or that you had forgotten our conversation, I take the