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Brewer  Nov. 18th  1861

To his Excelency Israel Washburn Jr. Gov.
of the State of Maine

Dear Sir
I have a son in the 2d Maine in Company C
his frinds in Brewer & Bangor have thought
that he aught to be promoted to some place, and
would like to have had him appointed in
Capt. Swetts Battrey, and some of prominent
citizens of Brewer & Bangor went to Capt
Swett and named the subject to him and
he said to them that he would like to have him
much whereupon his friends got up a petition of
the citizens of Brewer & Bangor and sent it
to your Hon. by Major Dole and also wrote
Col. Roberts and Vice President Hamlin for
them to use their influence with the War
Department, and I received a letter from
my son, Cyrus A. Washburn that he could
be transfered from the 2d Maine on the return
of Major Dole from Augusta  he called on 
Capt. Swett and told him what he had
done and asked him to write you a private
letter and he said he could not do it - 
for all the places were taken up and