I fully concur with my colleague. Mrs. Griffing is both worthy and capable, and I trust her services will be secured.J. M. Howard.
If I had this appointment to make, I would make Mrs. Griffing Commissioner.J. M. Ashley.
I know Mrs. Griffing to be capable and humane, and very devoted to the colored race. I hope that her services may be secured.
Charles Sumner.
I most cheerfully join in this recommendation.
H. Wilson,
J. N. Grimes.
I fully concur in the above, and hope that Mrs. Griffing will receive a conspicuous place in the Freedman’s Bureau. She is the best qualified of any person within my knowledge; her whole heart is in the work.
B. F. Wade,Solomon Foot,
Ira Harris,E. D. Morgan.
W. P. Fessenden,
I most fully concur J. V. Driggs,
T. W. Ferry.
I fully concur in all that is said within in behalf of Mrs. Griffing, and earnestly commend her to the favor sought. Geo. W. Julian.
Washington, July 9, 1869.
Mrs. Griffing has for several years devoted herself with great industry, intelligence, and success to the freed people in the District of Columbia, and in this service she has accomplished more good than any other one individual within my acquaintance. When the War Department was in my charge, she rendered very efficient aid of a humane character to re lieve the wants and sufferings of destitute freed people, and was untiring in her benevolent exertions. Property for distribution was often placed in her hands, or under her directions, and she was uniformly trustworthy and skillful in its management and administration. In my judgment, she is entitled to the most full confidence and trust.
Edwin M. Stanton.
Jefferson, Ohio, Nov. 12, 1869.