Freedmen's Bureau Records: George T. Cook to R. S.
Lacey, December 24, 1866
Summary:
Cook requests permission to employ a clerk in Staunton so that he would be
available to travel to other regions in his Division.
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office Assistant Superintendent
Sub-District
Virginia No. 10 7th
District
Department, Potomac
Captain R. S. Lacey
Superintendent 7th
District
Virginia
Lynchburg Virginia
December 24th 1866
Staunton Virginia
Captain:
I have the honor to request that I may be again allowed to employ a clerk. My last clerk was discharged on the 30th of September 1866.
I consider it very essential that I should be at liberty to visit the different portions of my Sub-District that I may be thoroughly acquainted with the condition of the Freedpeople and the disposition of the whites. As I am now situated I am obliged to be at my office almost constantly to attend to the wants of those who come.
I believe that much can be done toward securing just treatment of the Freedpeople
by traveling about; noting their condition; and when necessary reasoning with
their employers. There is already much destitution among the Freedpeople and
before the winter is through there will be much more
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and it is quite
necessary that I should know of the extreme cases of destitution that I may
endeavor to have them properly cared for by the County Poor Commissioners.
Hoping that this application will receive favorable consideration.
I am Captain
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Geo. T. Cook
1st
Lieutenant
Veterans' Reserve Corps & Assistant Superintendent
