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Freedmen's Bureau Records: W. Storer How to R. B. Ayres, April 14, 1866

Summary:
Writing from Staunton, How's letter refers to a murder committed in Clarke County.

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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands
Sixth District Virginia Brevet Major General R. B. Ayres
Commanding Military District of the Shenandoah
Winchester Virginia

April 14th 1866

Staunton Virginia

General

By direction of the Assistant Commissioner of this Bureau at Richmond Virginia I have the honor to request that the party accused of the murder of the freedman Burnett McCord in Clarke County may be arrested, and that Mr. J. P. How, Assistant Superintendent at Winchester may be informed of such arrest when made.

I am General
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant

W. Storer How
Brevet Major Assistant Quartermaster & Superintendent