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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office Superintendent 8th District, State of Virginia.
Wytheville, Va., Nov 28th 1866.

Bvt Brig Genl O Brown
A A A Genl

Genl
I have the honor to apply for transportation for Jane Harris and Daughter aged (14) years and Sophia Bell who is the mother of Jane Harris and Phillis Bell who is the daughter of Sophia Bell,  She is (16) years old, 

The facts of this case are these Jane Harris was sold before the war and taken to Little Rock Ark, and there remained untill very recently  She came to this place in search of her daughter mother and sister and have found them   She states that when she left home she had ($125.00) and that she was cheated out of most of it in buying Rail Road tickets  She not being able to read or write or even count paper money,

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