Freedmen's Bureau Records: Thomas P. Jackson to John
A. McDonnell, January 13, 1868
Summary:
Jackson asks for more information about Coyle in the hopes of locating Nancy
Thornton's children.
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office 4th Division, 9th
Sub-District, Virginia
Captain John A. McDonnell
Agent in
charge
Winchester
Staunton, Va.
Jan 13t 1868
Captain
I respectfully refer to enclosed copy of letter addressed to Mr. John M. Coyle, Charlestown, Jefferson Co. W.Va. to which I have no reply and ask enquiry be made for Mr. Coyle and the information sought obtained from him. Nancy Thornton is in distress here.
Very Respectfully
Yr obt
servt
Thos P. Jackson
Bureau R.F. and A.L.,
HdQrs 5th Sub Dist., Harpers Ferry, Jany 26
1868
Respectfully returned to John A. McDonald
agent in charge No information can be obtained tending to indicate the present
whereabouts of their children.
J.C. Brubaker, S.A.ComrBureau R.F. &
A.L., HeadQrs 9th Sub Dist.
Va., Winchester, Va.
Jany 14/68
Respectfully referred to the Agent
of the Bureau at Harpers Ferry, who is requested to
obtain the desired information.
John A. McDonnell, Agent in Charge
