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Richmond April 22nd 1867
Col. James A Bates
Superintendent B.R.F. & A.L.
Sir
I would most respectfully ask for transportation from Richmond Va to Washington D.C. for the following named persons.
Mrs Lucy C Royster has three children (one grown daughter Miss Mary L Royster and two little sons) Miss Betty S Price & Miss Lurena P Price.
The two last named persons are sisters of mine constituting one family of 4 grown persons and two children.
I am a widow, and an invalid with consumption which I have had for more than a year.
Myself and family are in very destitute circumstances reduced to povity by the war, and we are entirely without means of support and have no male relatives.
We are all loyal to the U.S. Government and have always been so.

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