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Lawrence Station
Newton Co Miss
January 17th 1867

Genl Wood
Comiss Freednams Bureau
Vicksburg Miss

Dear Sir

We Recd from your office a few days since Government Transportation from this place to Lauderdale Springs for one Henry Murphey, an insane freeman.  We sent him to Lauderdale Springs as directed, but the office in charge of the hospital wouldn't receive him, and sent him back, stating that he had no orders to receive such persons, and that he could not do it without writen orders from Hedqrs.  Pleas give us the nesesary