Freedmen's Bureau Records: Henry M. Whittelsey to
Orlando Brown, June 15, 1867
Summary:
Whittesley forwards transportation orders for teachers throughout the Shenandoah
Valley.
War Department,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office
Chief Quartermaster.
Brevet Brigadier General O. Brown
Assistant Commissioner,
Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
June 15t 1867
Washington, D.C.
General,
I respectfully forward herewith Transportation Orders No. 938 to 959 inclusive, for transportation of Teachers, as requested by letters of Sarah F. Smiley, Martha A. Cooke, & others; [unclear: Jane Hessner] and N. C. Brackett, forwarded to this office, approved by your endorsement of date May 31st & June 1st, 4th, & 5th 1867.
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant,
By order of Major General O. O. Howard, Commissioner
H. M Whittelsey
Brevet Brigadier General & Chief Quartermaster
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
