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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