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Bureau R. F. & A. L.
Hd. Qrs. A. C. D. C.
Dec. 20th 1866,

Respectfully referred to Major J. M. Brown, A. Q. M. who will give Mrs. Tilman the necessary instructions for making out this account.

By order of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. Howard
Wm W. Rogers
A. A. A. Gen.

E. B. Vol. 2. No. 878. A. C. D. C. 1866.


New York City
Decr. 14" 1866

E 323 R F & A L Vol 8 66
Vol. 2. No. 414 A. C. D. C. 1866
Tilman Sarah Ann

Wishes to know whether she can be repaid disbursements made by her for the care of sick and destitute freedwomen

[[stamp]] BUREAU R. F. & A. L. * WASHINGTON. * REC'D DEC 17. 1866. [[/stamp]

New York Dec - 14th 1866

Maj. Genl. O. O. Howard.
Commr of Bureau Ref. &c

Sir
In accordance with my understanding of your proposition when last in Washington in relation to taking care of the sick Freedpeople who were sent to the Employment Office - 

Absolutely without a home and and could not go to [[strikethrough]] service [[/strikethrough]] an asylum I have continued to do as I had before I saw you, and ever since I kept an Employment Office for those people wich was opened to them 1st June 1866. - and have now four women discharged from Service & now waiting at my house to be [[confined?]] understanding


 

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