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Howard, Oliver Otis. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
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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- [governing] ing [governing] the Bureau will not allow him to do so. The General thinks that the be- [benevolent] 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 freedpeople