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Bureau of R F and A L
Office of the A S A Comr
5' Div 4" Va Sub Dist
Culpeper C H Va.
August 27" 1867

To The
President of the Board of
Overseers of the Poor for the
County of Culpeper Va.

Sir
Your attention is called to the fact that Hester Johnson (Colored) is now in the Hospital at Gordonsville Va. at the Expense of the U.S. government. She formerly belonged to Barney Rawson of Culpeper Co Va. and is Forty (40) years of age and is suffering with paralysis. She is therefore changeable to your County and should be taken to your Poor House. Agreeably to Genl Order No. 51 Paragraph 3 Head Quarters 1st Military Dist State of Va. dated Richmond Va. August 7" 1867, an Official Copy of which had already been furnished