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Office of Superintendent of Education, Cor St. Charles and Melpomene Sts. Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, STATE OF LOUISIANA. Cor St. Charles and Melpomene Sts. New Orleans, La. May 9th 1871 Bt Lieut Col Edgar C Beman Chief D.O. B R F & A L New Orleans La [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] Colonel: By direction of Genl O.O. Howard I herewith transmit all the Papers Connected with the Building of Straight University as Mr John Page the Builder and myself cannot make Settlement mutually satisfactory. The following is a list One (1) Copy of Contract One (1) Certificate of the Architect One (1) Letter of Seymour Straight One (1) Report of Trustees Tow (2) Letter of Jno Page One (1) Bill for work - Mr Pages letters are false in every particular and I shall be ready to substantiate this assertion when you require it and to offer you all the aid in my power during the investigation I am Colonel Very respectfully Your obedient Servant E W Mason Supt of Education
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The word in front of Colonel looks like Jam when I analyzed the hand writing as it resembles their J, a, and m, but please correct me if I am wrong. I believe the rest of the page looks good.
It is "I am Colonel". Is and Js often look similar.