Mar 31, 2016 - Sale 2408

Sale 2408 - Lot 372

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(MILITARY--RECONSTRUCTION.) HOWARD, OLIVER O.; MAJOR GENERAL. Autograph Letter Signed on War Department letterhead, Washington May 14, 1868; to Major General Joseph A. Mower, "Allow me to introduce to you my friend O.D. Barrett, Esq. a Lawyer of this city. He visits New Orleans on some business. He's interested in the Freedmen's Schools." Single page of letterhead, signed "Yours truly, O.O. Howard, Maj. Genl. Commissioner." Washington, 14 May 1868
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Major General Oliver O. Howard was a Medal of Honor winner who served as a corps commander at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was instrumental in the establishment of schools for the freedmen--Howard University is named for him. This letter on the letterhead of Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands (i.e. The Freedmen's Bureau), was intended to introduce O.D. Barret, someone who was interested in aiding with the establishment of freedmen's schools to General Mower, in charge of the efforts in New Orleans.