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Richmond August 13th 1868 Genl O Brown Commr of Bureau of R.F.&A.L - - for Virginia General I write to urge upon you the importance to me and my family of the payment by the U.S. Government of my acct heretofore made out and approved by you & Surgeon DeLamater for medical services rendered indigent Freedmen and their families in and around Richmond. My reduced means and my dependence upon my daily labors render it a matter of vital necessity that this claim may be promptly secured. This acount was made at the suggestion of General O.O. Howard, has been allowed by you