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LETTERS RECEIVED.

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| WHEN RECEIVED. | NAME OF WRITER. | E.B. | DATE AND PURPORT OF LETTER. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

| Dec 10" 1866 160 [[stamp]]**[[/stamp]] | Church, M.H. Brvt Lieut & Chf Supt Filed | E.B. | Chattanooga Tenn Dec 5th 1866 Report of Outrages for November 1866. Monthly Report for November 1866. |

| Dec 11" 1866 161 | Citizens (Colored) Jonesboro Tenn To Rev. D Burt Dec 11" 1866 |   | Jonesboro Tenn Nov 30" 1866. Agree to give the amount set opposite their respective names monthly in a donner for the support of a Freedmens school at that place providing the "Bureau" furnishes teachers. |

| Dec.14.1866 162. | Church, M.H. Bvt. Lt. Col. | 300 | Chattanooga Tenn. Dec. 13.1866.  Reports refusal of M.&C. R.R. Co. to transport Freedmen & Refugees at Govt rates. |

| Dec. 15. 163 | Cook, Geo. E.| 302. | Memphis Tenn. Decr. 14. 1866.  Asks that transportation be furnished starving and destitute Freedmen, from Alabama to Arkansas. - desiring to secure their services on his plantation in Arkansas. |

| Dec 18. 164 | Canfield, Mrs. S.A.M. | 314. | Memphis Tenn. Dec. 5th 1866.  States that they are waiting for the plan of the Asylum; & are anxious to retain the building they now occupy until the new one is finished. That they fear it will be sold. Have secured $2000. for purchase of Land. Their lease expires Jany. 1./67 | 



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| WHEN RECEIVED. 1866 | NAME OF WRITER. | E.B. | DATE AND PURPORT OF LETTER. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

| Dec. 26 165 | Chandler G.R. Capt. & Supt. | .319 344. | Winchester Va. Dec 17th. 1866  Requests information in behalf of John Marsh.(Freedman) of his mother Mary Marsh living when last heard from near Knoxville, Tenn |

| Dec 25. 166 [[stamp]]*[[/stamp]] | Church M.H. Bvt. Lt. Col & Chief Supt Filed |   | Chattanooga. Decr. 24. 1866.  Reports receipt of moneys from Maj. Trotter on A/C of Sanitary Fund - & rents of Abandoned property.  Amt. $597.47. |

| Dec 26. 167 [[stamp]]*[[/stamp]] | Church M.H. Bvt. Lt. Col & Chf Supt Filed |   | Chattanooga. Decr. 24th 1866.  Reports issue of transportation orders for destitute refugees and Freedmen. |

| Dec 24th 168 [[stamp]]*[[/stamp]] | Church M.H. Bvt. Lt. Col & Chief Supt Filed copy to Genl Howard Dec. 27th sec. | T130.   | Chattanooga. Dec, 21st 1866.  Report in compliance with instructions contained in endorsements on extract from No. 4. Tribune - Dec. 8. 1866. - relative to destitution among Freedmen at Chattanooga Tenn.|

| Decr. 29. 169 | Callis Jno. B. Bvt Col & Supt To John Laurence, Dec 31. 1866 | 336. | Huntsville Ala. Decr. 28. 1866.  Requests information relative to the Dis. Papers of Jos Troop. Col'd Co. C. 106 US.CI which were delivered to one Addison Irvin, Sergt. in said Co & Regt. who represented himself to have been sent by Capt. Andw Poe then connected with the Bureau at Nashville. |

| Dec. 31. 170 | Crosby, Chas. | 329. | Nashville Tenn. Dec. 31st 1866.  Requests that 3 box stoves, and one pine panel door with lock & hangings, be purchased f use at the Fisk School. |

Transcription Notes:
7/12 - E.B. is the column header, it is for Endorsement Book and entries in this column refer to pages in the book where letter tracked, only first row has been transcribed - not complete 7/14 - mostly complete - hard to read 4 spots on Decr 29 - second page 7/15 - finished