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[letterhead]
"National Freedmans' Savings and Trust Company,"
AMERICAN EXCHANGE BANK BUILDING,
No. 87 CEDAR STREET,
NEW-YORK, 1865.

[in pen]
Mobile, Al., Mobile Nov. 3^d. 1865

My Dears

After much delay we are here
in the harbor of Mobile—the storms have de-
-tained us so that we get along slowly, &
I suppose you do not wish us to run any
great risks. All well—But I hardly
know whether I have yet told you who we
all are, Maj Genl O. O. Howard—R. B. Howard
his brother & private secretary—Major Stinson an
aid, & myself make the party—We had Brvt.
Brig. Genl C. H. Howard as far as Tallahassee, from
which place he returned to Charleston— We are
taken from St Marks to N Orleans in the Steamer
Convoy, and in charge of Gen'l Forsyth who is
on board— a govt Boat—Pretty comfortable

Morning—Have been ashore—seen the city, and
had a great meeting with the Col^d. people—While full
of rebellion—treat us coolly. There are good schools