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appointment of Ward [?brought?] the detail of Captain Hoyle who is a brother-in-law of Senator Sewell of N.J. and is understood that he is to have one of the vacancies in the Inspector Generals Department had the late "bill" in reference to that Department become a law and it is thought that he will fill the next vacancy.

   [?] nto referred to in this [two unclear words] Send my kind regards to Mrs Augur.  and believe me to be 

Truly Yours Winfield Hancock To General C. C. Augur, U.S. Army Fort Leavenworth: Kansas