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Hopkinsville Kentucky
July 31st 1871

Hon W W Belknap 
Secretary of War
Washington D.C.

Sir
We are Bro & Sisters of George Carter late of 16 inf of the 101st Regt US C. Infantry who died while in the service - 

Henry Long is living in Chastain County and Kitty Gish Now Kitty Alonso and Lindy Reno live on Muhlenburg County about 40 miles from Hopkinsville - we put in a Claim with D L Hays of Hopkinsville and appointed him as our attorney and our claim was allowed on 6th May last and sent to the Freedmans Bureau since which we have heard nothing further from our claim. we are only allowed $121.63 as per list No 581469 - Kelly and Lindy are here expecting get their money but find the check for it has not come to hand - we cannot all be together again without nearly as much trouble and expense as our part of the money is worth - if the check was or had been sent as we expected to our atty we could have got our money without any expense. 
We hope you will attend to this matter and write to Henry Long Hopkinsville and have our check sent to DL Hays Hopkins
Henry Long his x mark
Kelly Gish now Alonso her x mark
Lindy Reno her x mark
Witness James A. Wallace
Geo C Long