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Department of State
Washington, 10th Oct 1871
To John H. Cook Esq.
Freedmens Bureau
Washington

Sir:
I duly received your note and the documents which accompanied requested at the instance of the Sedgewood of Rio de Janeiro. He is now on a brief visit to this country.  In a note he expressed to me his thanks for the documents and his