Freedmen's Bureau Records: Thomas Wholey to Orlando
Brown, March 12, 1866
Summary:
Wholey writes in reference to property that was taken from him during the war,
and which he is trying to have restored to him. He also claims to have been
treated poorly by the local authorities.
Colonel Brown
Chief of
Bureau
13th March 1866
Staunton, Virginia
Dear Sir,
I most respectfully beg leave to call your attention again to my Case. Some time
ago I call on your at your office and showed you my papers, as also a letter
from Miss Van Lew Regarding the Building that is on my lot and represented how I
had been treated by the Military Authorities. You give me some consolation and
assurance that you would do all in your power. In my
case, the power lay with you to do so. I now address myself you as a christian and a justice loving
gentleman to do something for me. I am a poor man,
unable to put my lot in the same condition that it was in when they took
possession of it. There was good garden and also a fence on lot [unclear: I know it a common] I am too poor to fence the lot and consequently
cant garden on lot. I am [illeg.] man If you dont do some thing for me I must earnestly request of you to give Mr Tukey
your Agent here [added: &emissary] to leave
me Lumber enough to put me up a Shanty and fence my lot
[page 2]
he Mr. Tukey is now having the Building taken away. I have been
treated very badly there is not a man in this county as been treated half as bad
as myself -- hoping you will give this your attention and do some thing for me. Hoping to hear favorably from you
I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully your most
obedient
Servant
Thomas Wholey
