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I showed your letter to Judge Osborn & he say for now the Bearou have any thing to do with it & desires me to ask of you the authority of the Bearou - or the Law on it giving you authority or the United States. It appears to me that it is a contract made with the Bearou Officers, placed in power by the Congress of the U States for special purposes & that the, Judge of [[strikethrough]] an [[/strikethrough]] a state cannot annul or destroy it. Will you do me the kindness to answer this as possible & give me the Law & your opinion Yours Truly Wm W Whittington For O.O. Howard U.S. Senate DVC [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] [[stamp]] BUREAU R.F. & A.L. WASHINGTON. REC'D NOV 4 1870 [[/stamp]]
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Wm W Whittington