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Daniels, Cora L V. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
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− | on removing all rebels from the civil offices and placing loyal men in their stead. My husband with a few | + | Page 2 |
+ | on removing all rebels from the | ||
+ | civil offices and placing loyal | ||
+ | men in their stead. My husband | ||
+ | with a <u>few</u> active & efficient workers | ||
+ | are busily employing every [seance?] | ||
+ | evening in organizing clubs - union | ||
+ | leagues - & c.&c. The colored people | ||
+ | especially his old soldiers are in | ||
+ | extacies over his return - & declare | ||
+ | they will elect him to any position | ||
+ | he will consent to fill - for the | ||
+ | present he is busy. Registering | ||
+ | voters in a country parish - | ||
+ | a position to which Sheridan | ||
+ | appointed him. The other place | ||
+ | of Register in Bankruptcy to | ||
+ | which Justice [Chase?] nominated | ||
+ | him has proved entirely a | ||
+ | failure and has been given | ||
+ | at last to an ex confederate | ||
+ | soldier - who is now <u>[illegible]</u> | ||
+ | loyal. But the office would | ||
+ | not pay for the salt he eats - | ||
+ | & it is better as it is for his | ||
+ | present position [paves?] the |
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Page 2 on removing all rebels from the civil offices and placing loyal men in their stead. My husband with a few active & efficient workers are busily employing every [seance?] evening in organizing clubs - union leagues - & c.&c. The colored people especially his old soldiers are in extacies over his return - & declare they will elect him to any position he will consent to fill - for the present he is busy. Registering voters in a country parish - a position to which Sheridan appointed him. The other place of Register in Bankruptcy to which Justice [Chase?] nominated him has proved entirely a failure and has been given at last to an ex confederate soldier - who is now [illegible] loyal. But the office would not pay for the salt he eats - & it is better as it is for his present position [paves?] the