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G 128. (R., F. & A. L., Vol. 12,) 186 [[strikethrough]] 7 [[/strikethrough]] 8.
G. 57. A. C. D. C. Vol. 4. 1868.
Washington D.C.
April 18th, 1868

Griffing. J. S.
Vol 3. No. 30. O. L. S. D. C. 1868.

States that two women from Kendal Green. Catherine Diggs and Kitty Carrol state that the people at Kendal Green have been notified April 1868 (through Mr Beckley) from Wiscwell Barrks that next Wednesday morning the buildings in which they live will be torn down & those who cannot pay rents, must go to Campbell Hospital Bks. States that most of the 200 families there are among the most destitute in the City & from carious causes cannot pay much rent. She presented an appeal from 18 mothers of families, (lately discharged from her Industrial School) to the Ass't. Com'r. asking that the Bks be left standing. Asks that they remain.

WRAPPER (1 Enclosure [[crossed-out]] s [[/crossed-out]].)

Received, Bureau R. F. & A. L., April, 1868.

HD. Qrs. ASS'T COM'R D.C.
RECEIVED
APR
22
1868
BUREAU R. F, & A. L.

RECEIVED
O. L. S. D. C.
APRIL
23
1868

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, D.C. April 21st" 1868.

Respectfully referred to Gen'l. C. H. Howard.
Ass't. Com'r. of District of Columbia.

By order of
Maj-Gen'l. O. O.Howard.
A. A. A. Gen'l

"File"

Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands,
Head-Quarters Asst. Commr., D.C.,
WASHINGTON, APR 23 1868

Respectfully referred to Local Supt D.C. who will explains the intentions of the Asst Comr

By order of Asst Com
Stuart Eldridge
A A A G

E. B. Vol. 4. #1103

Transcription Notes:
Edited: completed last lines, changed some names, one typo, other, etc. Good Job, these are difficult I wasn't sure what to put for the 8 written over the 7 in 1867, so I just wrote 1868. I'm transcribing the stamps as I saw it done by someone else on a different page.