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RF & AL 68
[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

Glymont
Charles County M.D.
Dec 31st 1869

General O. O. Howard

Dear Sir,
We take the liberty to write as folows hoping these few lines may not insult you as it is a desire of ours we face and we the colard population of this county and state are entinded upon by landholders and Laws and our desire to [nos?] if it would not be to our benefit to have several worthy Persons chosen to bring our reporting forward for we are mutch in need of assistance we learn that it has bin reported by persons of this county that we are doing well when we are indeed sufering