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StaUnton Va Feb 9th 1867

Having heard with surprise that complains have been made against Mr. F S. Tukey, Apt Supt of Freedmens Bureau of this place therefore this is to certify that I am a union man and was a refugee from here during the war and went to Washington D.C. and was in the service of the U.S. Government Q.M. Dept during nearly the whole of the war. I came back here soon after the surrender and opened a livery stable which I kept for awhile and then changed my location and bought out a colored man who has been in the same business here for many years and then hired him to remain with me his extensive acquaintance among the colored people naturally brought many

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-11-01 16:47:36 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-11-02 13:08:09 Q.M. = Quarter Master Per personnel records: Feb.–Dec. 1868 Assistant Subassistant Commissioner F. S. Tukey ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-11-03 10:23:24 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-11-03 09:30:56