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HEADQUARTERS,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
NO. 191 JULIA ST.,
New Orleans, La., February 8th 1868
Mr. L. Grand,
Commission Merchant
#15 Carondelet St.
[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]
Sir,
It is understood by the Assistant Commissioner, that by the provisions of an agreement between Mr De Bossiere of France, and the Rev Dr Newman of this city, an Orphan Asylum for the colored people has been established at Franklin, in St Mary's Parish, and that the sum of ($10,000) ten thousand dollars, is in your hands to be paid over for the benefit of that institution, which you decline to turn over to its President Will you be kind enough to inform the