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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