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0749 H.B.J Treasury Department November 16, 1869 Sir: I transmit herewith a letter from Mr. Richard Cadbury. Treasurer Friends Freedmen Association, dated Philadelphia the 15th instant requesting the free entry of 14 packages Tracts &c. intended for gratuitous distribution among the freedmen. Before these packages can be admitted to free entry the usual certification from your Department that they are for the use of the United States is necessary. The return of the enclosure with your reply is respectfully requested I am Very respectfully M.A. Richardson Acting Secretary Hon. W.W. Belknap Secretary of War Washington D.C.