Freedmen's Bureau Records: Thomas P. Jackson to J.
Marshall McCue, August 27, 1867
Summary:
Jackson asks McCue how much support Augusta County authorities will be able to
provide to poor blacks.
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office 4th Division, 9th
Sub-District, Virginia
J. Marshall McCue Esquire
Presiding Justice of the Peace
Augusta County Court
August 27 1867.
Staunton, Virginia
Sir
I respectfully lay before you Circular No. 16 Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands with request for such reply as will enable me to "specify the amount and character of support of colored paupers which can be relied upon to be afforded by the civil authorities of (Augusta) County."
Your obedient servant
Thos P. Jackson
Agent
Please return circular enclosed with your reply, TJ
