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position as Agent under this Bureau. My residence in Louisiana and Texas during the war gave me an opportunity for understanding the character of the people in that section and I can present the most unexceptionable references regarding my character as an officer and executive abilities.
I will be happy to lay these references before you if this should meet your favorable notice. Aside from my desire to reside in a more southern latitude, the high importance of the duty of an agent and its imperative necessity leads me to the conviction that I could not employ my time to a better purpose. I remain, General,
Very Respectfully
Your Obdt servant
Dyer D. Lum
Springfield Mass