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back to that land of those loved protectors & fathers of our children, but that we have no means, nor can raise any, or procure transportation, for that cherished object- That we have with profoundest gratitude witnessed your unceasing manifestation of active sympathy in behalf of the poor Freedmen: & that we now confidently appeal to you to come to our relief in this crisis of our sorrow, by ordering the transportation of ourselves & our children, free of cost, to Fortress Monroe, VA. where or near which place our husbands are. In this way we may placed where we can better serve ourselves, and