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Office of Supt. District of Selma
Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Selma August 20th 1866

Bvt. Major O.D. Kinsman
A.A.General
Major:
I have the honor to report that I have given Transportation Order No. 45 to Mrs. Mary A. Picket, ordering transportation for herself and five (5) children from Selma Ala. to Columbiania, Alabama.
This woman is a destitute White Refugee. She has for several months received rations from the U.S. Government and has also been furnished with a tent to live in.
I have satisfied myself that she has friends and relatives in Shelby County who will help to support her.
I have disposed of all of the blank orders for transportation, and respectfully request that more be forwarded as soon as possible, as I have one party waiting on expense who is entitled to