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Howard, Oliver Otis. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
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Amy Post, | Amy Post, | ||
| − | :Rochester, N.Y. | + | : Rochester, N.Y. |
| − | :Dear Madam: | + | : : Dear Madam: |
| − | I | + | I am<br /> |
| − | directed by General Howard to inform | + | directed by General Howard to inform you<br /> |
| − | + | that he would willingly forward you the<br /> | |
| − | + | Sum asked for, but that the rules govern-<br /> | |
| − | ing [governing] the Bureau will not allow him to do so. | + | ing [governing] the Bureau will not allow him to do so.<br /> |
| − | :: The General thinks that the be- | + | : : The General thinks that the be-<br /> |
| − | + | nevolent [benevolent] people of Rochester will assist<br /> | |
| − | + | the lady in this matter, at least hopes so.<br /> | |
| − | :So far as discouraging | + | : So far as discouraging Emigration<br /> |
| − | :is concerned, the statement is [utterly?] | + | :is concerned, the statement is [utterly?]<br /> |
| − | :[illegible], as it has Ever been | + | :[illegible], as it has Ever been the<br /> |
| − | :General’s object to forward | + | :General’s object to forward |
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War Department, Bureau of Refugee, Freedman, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, [added by hand “March 25th”] 1867
Amy Post,
- Rochester, N.Y.
- : Dear Madam:
I am
directed by General Howard to inform you
that he would willingly forward you the
Sum asked for, but that the rules govern-
ing [governing] the Bureau will not allow him to do so.
- : The General thinks that the be-
nevolent [benevolent] people of Rochester will assist
the lady in this matter, at least hopes so.
- So far as discouraging Emigration
- is concerned, the statement is [utterly?]
- [illegible], as it has Ever been the
- General’s object to forward