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Cleveland Tennessee
February 1st 1869

Bvt. Brig Genl G W Balloch
Chief. D.O. Bureau R.F. and A L 
Washington D.C.
General
I have the honor to respectfully acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 29th ult. asking as to whether I will accept the position made vacant by the resignation of James C. Johnson Agent at Chattanooga at the salary he received to wit $100. per. month
In reply I would state that having always been a friend to the down trodden of any race and believing that I enjoy the confidence of the colored people of this section especially  those who served in the army of the U.S. Army the war of the Rebellion: I will accept the position. And should I receive the appointment