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Dear General,
Dear General,
             You are my debtor for a letter still but that
             You are my debtor for a letter still but that shall not prevent me from writing again.  Besides, I see Woodward's leave has been granted and know therefore that your duties are more burdensome than before.  From him I have had two notes recently, one dated march 2nd acknowledging receipt of the bank books of the men ) I sent him, the other March 16th speaking of his proposed leave, &c.  We hope his trip will do him much good and that he will get East far enough for us to see him.
    I see that the Tenth has lost it's Commissary and that Badger is now, like myself, one of the anxious "supernumeraries", 'tho' in fact I am not particularly anxious.  From the long leave granted Badger I judge him to be well used us, and very likely proposing to retire or resign.  Who will succeed him as the Reg'tl Commissary?    I hope to hear that you have given the appointment to Pratt.  I know of no one of your First Lieutenants of the line who has been a more faithful worker, a stronger friend to you and the regiment than he, or one best fitted to perform the duties in a satisfactory and business-like manner.    Do you know anything of the officer who takes Badger's place as Lt. of the 10th & has he joined?

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Military Department, Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass. April 10 1870.

Dear General,

            You are my debtor for a letter still but that shall not prevent me from writing again.  Besides, I see Woodward's leave has been granted and know therefore that your duties are more burdensome than before.  From him I have had two notes recently, one dated march 2nd acknowledging receipt of the bank books of the men ) I sent him, the other March 16th speaking of his proposed leave, &c.  We hope his trip will do him much good and that he will get East far enough for us to see him.
    I see that the Tenth has lost it's Commissary and that Badger is now, like myself, one of the anxious "supernumeraries", 'tho' in fact I am not particularly anxious.  From the long leave granted Badger I judge him to be well used us, and very likely proposing to retire or resign.   Who will succeed him as the Reg'tl Commissary?    I hope to hear that you have given the appointment to Pratt.  I know of no one of your First Lieutenants of the line who has been a more faithful worker, a stronger friend to you and the regiment than he, or one best fitted to perform the duties in a satisfactory and business-like manner.    Do you know anything of the officer who takes Badger's place as Lt. of the 10th & has he joined?