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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
Office of Assistant Commissioner, 
For the State of Mississippi,
Vicksburg, Miss., March 23rd, 1866.

Brevt Col Marcus P. Bestow
Asst Adjt Genl

Sir:
I have the honor to request that transportation be furnished Samuel Hogan and Thirty nine {39} others, destitute Freedmen, from Vicksburg Miss to Lake Providence La, by water.
This transportation is necessary to prevent suffering and to secure employment for the Freedmen, thus relieving the Government of their support.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Samuel Thomas
Col. and Ass't Comm'r, State of Mississippi.