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Roseland, Jany. 17, 1868. My Dear Sir, If any vacancy in your Department, or likely to be, I am very sure you cannot fill it near to the benefit of the public service than by the appointment to it of Lieut: Edward Murphy, who was some time engaged on the Peninsula, on the E. Shore of Virginia, and since in Norfolk. I presume you are aware of his merits, as he has been on service in your Department. Our friend Chandler