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Bureau of Refugees, Freedman and Abandoned Lands,
Headquarters Assistant Commissioner State of North Carolina,
L 236 Vol. 2. 1868. Raleigh, N.C., 6th November 1868.



Bt. Maj. A. Rutherford.
Wilmington.

Major:-
The General Hospital of this Bureau has been ordered to be closed, and it becomes necessary to dispose of the pauper patients that are there. The following named came from Wilmington. You are requested to confer with the local authorities to the end that they may take charge of these persons.

Henry Christian, agd 75 Chronic Rheumatism. 
Adam Farley, agd 69 Chronic Rheumatism
Roger Sloan agd 64 Chronic Rheumatism
Sophia Brown agd 23 Burn 
Mary Crosby agd 27 Cripple.

Report your action & result as soon as possible. 

Very respectfully
Your obt. svt.
Jacob F. Chur.
Bt. Lt. Col.
Asst. Commissioner.