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City Point Va Dece 7th 1871 [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] Mr. Gen. O Howard, Dear Sir I rite to ask you a favor corncerning a govement building on City-Point wich stands on the hill belong to the Rail Road compny wich was left there by Gen. Blunt [[strikethrough]] wen [[/strikethrough]] by the order of Gen O. Brown for the Benefit of the freeman school House Gen. Blunt said he would give us a writen sustificate by the order of Gen. O. Brown but he fail to do so we (col) people ask you to make us a write to it for a church as we have no church on City Point Dr epps bougt the soldiers church the