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Office of Sub-Ass't. Com'r,
B.R.F. & A.L.
Houston, Tex., Sept. 12th 1866.

Respectfully returned. I wrote to Capt. Allen formerly Sub-Ass't. Comr. at Hempstead some time ago in regard to these children. He informed me verbally that he had been to see them found them in good hands and well cared for. He thought that it would be best for them to remain with Mr. Groce.

Byron Porter
Sub-Ass't. Com'r
B.R., F. & A.L.