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0662 Prest 622 EB 20 Sec. of War. Lunenburg Cty Sep The 1st 1869 Revered General I am constrained to appeal to you for some compensation for what I have done for sick people of color. The year after the surrender I took care of a sick woman with three small children, for ten months, I fed them, furnished her with medicine and clothed her children. Another I took care of, for twelve months, another was very sick here for eight months She died here I nursed her as if she had been my own family. Several men have been