Freedmen's Bureau Records: W. Storer How to Orlando
Brown, October 5, 1865
Summary:
How confirms that he is moving the District Headquarters to Winchester.
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned
Lands
Sixth District Va
Colonel O. Brown Assistant Commissioner
Richmond Virginia
October 5th 1865
Staunton Virginia
Colonel
In obedience to orders from your office, which I presume are awaiting me at Winchester, Va, I have respectfully to inform you that I shall at once remove the Head Quarters of this District to Winchester where I will [unclear: probably] arrive on the evening of Saturday October 7th 1865
I am Colonel
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
W. Storer How, Captain & Assistant Quartermaster
Superintendent Sixth District
Virginia