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178 Toledano St
New Orleans
15 April 1871

Brevit Major General O. O. Howard, Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.

General, 

A long time has elapsed since I completed the work on Straight University; and, as some of the men I employed on that work have not been paid; I hope you will conclude that the alone mentioned facts are a sufficient reason for my asking an early settlement of my claim.

Your Obedient Servent,
John Page

Transcription Notes:
Unsure on the last name; it's the closest to what I think is right, however I cannot find record of him online... maybe John Page Servant is written as Servent- not even written in the manner an 'a' would be done It looks like it should be Coledano (second word on the first line) but Toledano St in a street in New Orleans Brevet should be the title but it's written as Brevit