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1 Helena. Arks February 2d, 1869. Maj. General O.O. Howard Commissioner Washington, D.C. [[stamp]]THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES[[/stamp]] General: I am requested by Jos. Shafter, col'd, Guardian of William Bowman, son & heir of Napoleon Bowman (col'd), deceased, (whose case was reported on some time, he thinks, in November last by Maj. J.S. Watson, Agent Bu. R.F. & A.L., at this place: Not having heard any thing from it since he fears the papers may have been miscarried: - ) to ask you to inform him at your earliest convenience, whether anything has been or can be done in his case - which he states is about as follows: Some time in 1865, one Napoleon Bowman, col'd,