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Richmond Va. June 10th 1868 Genl. Howard Chief Freedsman Bureau Dear Sir, John Bowman formerly Private Co "F" 37th Regt. U.S.C. Troops left his discharge with T.F. Lee of Raleigh N.C. for the purpose of collecting his bounty. I was requested by [[strikethrough]] Lee [[/strikethrough]] Bowman to ascertain of Lee if the bounty had ever been paid & am informed by Lee this day that the bounty has been paid & the money is in the hands of the Chief Disbursing Agent of the Bureau in Washington. Bowman lives some distance in the country & wants me to inform him how he can obtain
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