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and that he could get it when no one else could. She Margaret then proceeded to the city hotel to find the man mentioned by the colored man (Grim) who proved to be a white man by the name of William Brooke,- [[strikethrough]] Brook [[/strikethrough]] She showed him the letter, from [[strikethrough]] D [[/strikethrough]] Nichols, aforesaid, and he (Brooks) said he could get all the arrears of pay & Bounty, and pensions due her from the Government, and also the bank book then in the hands of Smith (colored). The next morning she (Margaret) went with Brooks to a Magistrates office, and gave him a power of attorney to collect all her claims, and also to recover the bank book. he (Brooks) then gave her a printed receipt for the letter which she surrendered to him, and signed the name of "FP Stevens" to the receipt - "per H" - all this occurred the latter part of Nov. 1866. at which time she parted from Brooks. The 2d day of January 1867 she (Margaret) came to Baltimore and called upon Mr F.P. Stevens, as instructed previously by Brooks, she met Brooks and he told her he had recovered the bank book, and sent it to Washington. She asked him how much was to her husbands credit on the bank book, and he told her one hundred & eighty dollars ($180.00) and she then gave him her address, and he told her as soon as he heard from Washn he would let her know, she then went home. [[strikethrough]] He Brooks wrot [[/strikethrough]] On the 27" '67 of March she received a letter from F.P. Stevens, and a call from Brooks, both stating that her money as credited on the [[strikethrough]] check bo [[/strikethrough]] bank book had