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Petersburg, Va. March 20th/68

Gen. Brown,
Chf. Freedman's Bureau &c Richmond Va.

Dear Sir:
About two weeks since I sent to Gen. Howard thru my sister Ms. S.C. Turney at Washington to obtain transportation for two col'd girls, Alberta Stokes & Agnes Clarke
Agnes Clarke has since decided not to go, & a col'd girl 15 years of age. In a few days I rec'd an answer from my sister accompanied with an official paper the purport of which has, that the matter must be negotiated thru you, at Richmond. Will you be so kind as to let me know if such papers can be procured, as the girls are quite impatient to leave, one of them, being out of employment on acc't of this prospect.