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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
OFFICE OF ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER,
For the State of Mississippi,
Vicksburg, Miss., March 28, 1866.
Brevt Col Marcus P. Bestow
Asst Adjt Genl.

Sir:
I have the honor to request that transportation be furnished Anthony Hanna and Fifty {50} others, destitute Freedmen, from Vicksburg Miss to Greensville Miss, 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,
Saml Thomas
Col. and Ass't Comm'r, State of Mississippi.