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158 Com:- Think he would he an excellent man to supply the place of Raymond at the school at Fort Monroe By order of Genl Howard J.A. Sladen Priv Secy Rc'd 20 June 1865 & filed W. P Fessenden Portland Me June 17th 1865. Recommending the Hon & Rev'd E. Knowlton for a position in the Bureau Endorsed I believe Mr Knowlton to be an excellent man and perhaps he may be made useful at Fort Monroe where he now is Respty O.O. H M.G. Re'd 22d June/65 & filed C.K. Graham Bvt Maj Genl Norfolk Va June 18th 1865. Recommends Mr T. P. Jackson for position in freedmens Bureau Endorsed. War Dept Bu: Ref: Freedmen &c Washington D C 23rd June/65 Respty referred to Col O.Brown Asst Com'r for Va - Mr Jackson has been referred to you for information By command Sam'l L. Taggart A.A.Genl H'd Q'rs Bureau Ref, Freedmen &c Rich. Va 26 June/65 Respty returned. I must earnestly recommend that Mr T.P. Jackson be appointed Captain and Asst Quartermaster, 159. and ordered to duty in this Bureau - He has had an experience with the Freedmen under my direction, of more than two years, and has moved himself well qualified to take charge of them and their affairs.- He is a gentleman of high christian and moral character, of superior intellectual attainments, and of industrious habits - His devotion and faithfulness to the interests of the Freedmen deserve some recognition Signed O.Brown Colonel and Asst Commissioner. R'd 26 June and ret'd 26 June/65 S.S. Hunting Chaplain 27 Mich V. June 15/65 Relative to treatment of Freedmen in Va suggests a plan for establishing confidence &c. Endorsed. War Dept Bureau Ref &c Washington June 22/65 Respectfully referred to Col O Brown Asst Com'r for Virginia By Command Saml' L. Taggart A.A.Genl rec'd 26 June and filed W.T. Henderson Hampton, Va 21 June 1865. Has taken oath of allegiance asks repossession of property, now used by negro's Endorsed Referred to Maj Gen'l Howard, Com'r Refugees, Freemen & A. Plantations By order of the President R D. Massey & Mil Secty over
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