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Freedmen's Bureau Records: D. R. Brower to J. J. DeLamater, May 27, 1868

Summary:
Brower requests that Edward Brooks be discharged from the hospital so "that the government may be relieved of the expense of his support." Jordan investigates the possibility that Brooks' son, living near Staunton, is willing and able to support him.

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Howards Grove Hospital Brevet Lieutenant Colonel J. J. DeLamater, United States Infantry
Surgeon in chief Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
District of Virginia

May 27th 1868

Richmond, Virginia

Colonel

I have the honor to request transportation to Staunton, Virginia for Edward Brooks, Sr. aged sixty-eight, an indigent inmate of this Hospital, from Augusta County Virginia in order that the government may be relieved of the expense of his support.

His son, Edward Brooks, living in Middle Brooke, near Staunton, Virginia pledging himself to support him.

I have the honor to be, Colonel
Very Respectfully, Your Obedient Servant

D. R. Brower
Acting Assistant Surgeon, United States Army
In charge of Hospital