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Chicago Ill June 30th 1868
Maj Genl O. O. Howard
Com Bureau R.F. and AF.
Washington D.C.
Genl
I have the honor
on behalf of myself and others to request
that Maj Genl E.M. Gregory be permitted
to visit Texas in his official capacity as
Inspector etc this ensuing fall
Genl Gregory is the only Commissioner
who has superintended the affairs of the "Bureau"
in Texas impartially, and succeeded in
gaining and retaining the entire confidence
of the union citizens both white and colored
and recently many persons have sought to
controll the Freedmen by professed friendship