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any enquiries on foot that will aid them I will take it as a special favour & thou wilt be the means of releiving them of much anxiety - I know it is a difficult undertak'g to ferret out a case of this kind but thy extensive knowledge of Freedmen's affairs will perhaps enable thee to unravel the matter very respectfully thy friend John Bell [[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]] 1029 Bureau R.F. & A L Vol 18 1871.