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the goodness to inform me if he can be returned to your charge - or if I had better have him sent to one of the reform schools in this state. You can hardly tell how much I regret to take this step - but I cannot bear with him longer. I have plied every possible motive, but without effect. Please answer on receipt of this and greatly oblige.
Yours truly,
Mark Graves

Brig Gen OO Harvard
Washington, D.C,