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Baltimore, 1 Sept '65


Colonel,
   While your letter to me of the 14" ult. was on its way to Eastville, (since forwarded to me here), I was with Capt. Flagg at Old Point.  After a further examination of my claim, he approved it all ($192) in the usual form "as correct and just and necessary for the public service."  said it should be sent to you immediately for approval, and a check for the amount would be  forwarded to me here, now my place of residence, and for which I  then gave my receipt.
   Two weeks have elapsed, and no further advices from him on the subject.  The simple enclosure of a check may save me $20 the expense of another visit to Old Point.  The [[?]] of a claim so manifestly just has already taxed me pretty heartily.
   Some claim from the Eastern Shore which I correctly noticed on Capt. Flagg's dest, enabled me to give information which will save the Bureau at least fifteen hundred dollars.
   May I ask your kind interference in  my behalf.
I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
Your Obdt Servt
Fred H. Smith
Box 556

Col. O. Brown
Freedmen's Bureau
Richmond