Freedmen's Bureau Records: W. Storer How to Orlando
Brown, November 21, 1865
Summary:
How informs Brown that he will be leaving for Staunton to conduct a tour of part
of the District.
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Head Quarters, Sixth
District, Virginia,
Colonel O. Brown, Assistant Commissioner
Richmond Virginia
November 21st 1865
Winchester, Virginia,
Colonel
I have respectfully to inform you that I find it necessary to [unclear: proceed] on a tour of duty through the upper portion of this District, and shall leave here tomorrow for Staunton, at which place I expect to arrive on the evening of Thursday, 23d, and it is my present intention to return from thence on the following Wednesday 29th.
Should anything require my immediate attention in the interim, be pleased to notify me by letter or telegraph at Staunton, sending nothing by mail to Staunton after the 27th of this month.
I am Colonel
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
W. Storer How, Captain
Assistant Quartermaster
Superintendent Sixth District
Virginia
