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Houston, Texas, Oct. 1st 1867. Lieut. Van Horn, Commanding Post of Houston. Lieutenant: I would most respectfully ask for a position as clerk at Head Quarters in this place. I would here state, that I have been a soldier in the Union Army during the late war and was honorably discharged. For sometime after my discharge I served with Col. J.C. DeGress and Capt. Porter in the Freedmen's Bureau in the capacity of clerk. Hoping this may meet with favorable consideration I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant Charles Schmidt.