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Freedmen's Bureau Records: Frederick S. Tukey to Orlando Brown, January 22, 1866

Summary:
Tukey asks for transportation for a woman and her five children to get to Howard's Grove Hospital in Richmond.

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Colonel O. Brown Assistant Commissioner
Richmond, Virginia

January 22nd 1866.

Staunton, Virginia

Colonel

I have the honor to request that you furnish Transportation for Maria Bears (colored) and five (5) children from Staunton to Richmond, Virginia to be sent to Howard Grove Hospital. She is sick and entirely dependent upon the Bureau for Support and without a home.

Please send me Transportation immediately and Oblige

Your Obedient Servant

F. S. Tukey Assistant Superintendent Freedmen