Freedmen's Bureau Records: J. W. Sharp to R. S.
Lacey, July 18, 1867
Summary:
Sharp responds to a complaint passed along by Jackson regarding money owed to a
Staunton resident. Sharp describes his efforts to resolve the situation and the
possibility of repayment.
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office Assistant Sub Assistant Commissioner
July 18 1867
Lexington Virginia
Respectfully returned to Captain R. S. Lacey Agent in
charge 7th Sub-District of Virginia with the information that I have repeatedly called on C.W. Oltman and
demanded payment of the entire $8.50. He acknowledged the correctness of the
account and each time promised to pay it as soon as he had gotten money which he
was then expecting. These repeated promises were the cause of my delay in
returning the papers as I had hoped (over)
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to enclose the money with
them.
Oltman is a foreigner and has no property here, nor are there any means of recovering the money by force as I have now good reason to believe that he neither has any, nor is there any due him by anybody in Lexington.
I understand he expects to get a position in Washington College and, if he obtains this his salary can be garnished.
J.W. Sharp
Brevet Major & Assistant Sub Assistant Commissioner
Rockbridge, Bath & Alleghany Counties
Virginia
