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H 71 (R., F. & A.L., Vol. 12) 1868 Bu R F &c D of Texas H 177. 1868 Washington D.C. April 10th, 1868 Hicks, John H. Asks for assistance from the Bureau in transporting his sister in law (Malania Haywood) & children, formerly a slave of Mrs Sarah Munford, & sold in Richmond, Va. in 1858, from Eagle Lake, Texas to Washington D.C. [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] File [[stamp]] BUREAU R.F. & A.L. WASHINGTON REC'D JUN 3 1868 [[/stamp]] Back WRAPPER (1 Enclosure[[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]].) Received, Bureau R.F. & A.L., April 15th, 1868 Office 14th Sub Dist Texas EB 76 May 1/68 WAR DEPARTMENT, Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Washington, D.C. April 15th 1868 Respectfully referred to Gen'l. J.J. Reynolds Ass't Com'r. of Texas for recommendation. By order of Maj-Gen'l. O.O. Howard E. Whittlesey A.A.A. Gen'l. Headquarters, District of Texas, Bureau Refugees, Freedmen & Aband. Lands, Austin, Texas, May 25, 1868. Respectfully returned to Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard, Commissioner &c., Washington, D.C. Attention is invited to the endorsement of Louis W. Stevenson, S.A. Comr. I would recommend that the transportation be not furnished. J.J. Reynolds Bvt. Maj. Genl. U.S.A., Asst. Commissioner, State of Texas. EB. 186. note recd bk - enter report in EB & file until she calls