ENPages That Mention Col. Absalom H. and Martha S. Markland
1865-XX-XX_Letter-B_Alvord-to-MyDear_PS
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National "Freedmans' Savings and Trust Company," AMERICAN EXCHANGE BANK BUILDING, No. 87 CEDAR STREET, NEW-YORK, 1865
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Could not Samuel go when he is say 10 years old, & live with strangers? I mean those who are known to be good people. Every body says St Pauls is the place for him—Mr & Mrs Markland (Col) had a long talk yesterday with me on the subject—They lived there once, many very remarkable cures, they assured me, had been effected there.
I will pull up stakes & go & live there (finding something to do) if you say so. Or try it for a year or two—
I am not at all sure but that Ann Lane, if you should write her, would be willing to have Sammy, when he is a little older as a boarder—Think of this seriously.
Saw Gen.l Howard about Lewis business but he assured me as I expected, called yesterday on Gen.l Hancock to see if he would do the thing but he was anxious—J. W. A