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[[preprinted]] FREEDMEN'S BUREAU, PROVOST MARSHAL'S OFFICE, Meridian, Miss., ^[[8th August]] 1865. [[/preprinted]] Stuart Eldridge A A G. Freedmens Bureau Vicksburg Miss Sir I would respectfully state that I have between fifteen & twenty Freedmen in Hospital, without Medical attention, the Surgeon having been made Medical Director of this District, and ordered to Jackson, leaves only one Asst Surgeon at Meridian. Can I be authorized to employ a Citizen Physician to visit my sick. Very Respectfully Your obt svt [[signature]] C. W. Clarke [[/signature]] Leut & P. M. Freedmen
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changed "C.N." to "C.W." Clarke