10/15/1864 letter - Alfred Aldrich, Aide-de-camp of SC Governor Milledge Bonham

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From the personal wartime papers of Dr. Theodore. A. LaFar of Charleston, South Carolina (born 14 October 1831 in Charleston and died 28 December 1912 in Chattachoochee, Florida and buried in the French Protestant Huguenot Cemetery in Charleston).
A Google search reveals the 1890 proceedings of the South Carolina legislature that accepted four South Carolina Confederate Battle Flags from Dr. LaFar on December 22, 1890 .  According to the minutes of the Legislature, LaFar had fled Richmond on April 2, 1865 and taken the flags with him.  The Legislature recognized and summarized his service as Director of the South Carolina Hospital Bureau.  Duties of the SCHB included "forwarding packages to soldiers in the field, establishing state hospitals, aiding prisoners in the hands of the enemy, receive the wounded after battle and to 'succor' a South Carolina soldier wherever found."
Stained and mounted on one sheet of 19th century paper.  Part of the original mailing envelope mounted underneath and through to the bottom.
A letter from Alfred P. Aldrich, Aide-de-camp of South Carolina Governor Milledge Bonham to Dr. LaFar updating him on LaFar's application for financial aid for the relief of South Carolina Soldiers.
Text as follows:
Barnwell, 15 Octr 1864
My dear Sir,
I had already made
the application to the Governor
in your behalf.  When I received
yours of the 8th I renewed the
application.  I hope by
the time you get this, the
Governor will have given it
his favorable recommendation
& you will have heard from him.
I trust there will be no
difficulty in obtaining the
recommendation of the Governor &
that you will not be further
inconvenienced.
Very Truly Yours,
A. R. Aldrich
[To] Dr. Lafar
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