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Office of CHARLES H. PORTER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
47 BANK STREET, NORFOLK, VA.

Norfolk, Va. Dec. 3d 1866.

To
Hon. Henry Wilson
U.S.A.

Dear Sir -

I am informed it is in contemplation by the Freedmens Bureau to appoint an attorney for the Freedmen in this locality, whose duty it shall be among other things to look after the welfare of the Freedmen, so far as their legal rights are concerned.

I am not yet advised what the details of the office will be - or whether there is to be a salary or not.

Now I would like that appointment, and not having an acquaintance