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Head Qrs A. Commr.
Bu R.F.&A.L. Dist Md and DC.
Baltimore Md May 28  68

M 173. R.F.&A.L. Vol 12. 68.

Brooke H.
Col 4th Arty, B.B. Genl
Asst. Comr.

Requests an order to proceed to Wilmington D.C. via McComus Institute near Magnolia.

[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

SO #69 May 29th 1868

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[[stamp]] BUREAU R. F. & A. L. WASHINGTON. REC'D MAY 29 : 1868 [[/stamp]]

Transcription Notes:
Founded and constructed in 1867 in Harford County, Maryland, the McComas Institute, also known as Mountain School, was built two years following the establishment of the U.S. Freedmen’s Bureau which provided aid to former enslaved blacks and poor whites in the South in the wake of the U.S. Civil War. Located in Joppa, Maryland, the school was one of three Freedmen’s Bureau schools in Harford County. The other two schools were Hosanna School in Darlington, and Greenspring School in Webster.