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But this is not the object of my writing you at this time.  My husband by exposure is now stretched on a sick bed.  He has been laboring night and day in addressing large assemblys of people to turn them from the follies of secession and into the paths of wisdom and union. His system has succumbed beneath the weight of his labors and his family is without bread. I, a Southern woman, his wife, and also a sincere lover of the Union, appeal to you General to do us justice in this matter. You are the commissioner for North Carolina and can do much. I beg you to bear in mind that at the time of my husband's appointment the Bureau in this state was in its infancy, and every thing else in that confusion which would naturally be exploited after so recent a cessation of so great a war.
I ask for no charity; but I do ask for justice. I and my children are