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Very resply
Your ob't serv't
(Sgd) O. Brown
Col & Asst Comr

Official 
J. A. Bates
A.A.A.G.

(137) 23d September 1865
Howard Maj Gen O. O.
Commissioner &c

General
I have the honor to acknowledge receipt for transportation as follows

No 528 For two Freed people from City Point to Wilmington N.C.

No 529 For twenty three freed people from Richmond Va to Jackson Miss

(Sgd) H. B. Scott
Lt Col Actg Asst Comr. in absence Col Brown

Official 
J. A. Bates
A.A.A.G.

(138)  Sept 23 1865
Howard Maj Gen O. O. 
Commissioner &c

General
I have the honor to apply for Transportation from Richmond to Beaufort S.C. for Toby Robertson now dependent on the Govt for support. He was enlisted at Beaufort in the 55th Penn Vols as "an under cook of African descent" and mustered out with the regiment at Harrisburg its place of enrollment. His money has all been stolen - He is here sick.

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Very resply
Yr obt serv't
(Sgd) H. B. Scott
Lt Col Act Ass't. Comr in absence Col Brown

Official
J. A. Bates
A.A.A.G.

(139) Sept 25 1865
Howard Maj Gen O. O. 
Commissioner &c

General
I have the honor to ask for transportation from Richmond to Augusta Ga for Tempey Wright destitute refugee and six children. Augusta is her home and all her friends are there. She was brought to Richmond in Dec 1864 and cannot support herself here but must become a charge upon the Govt if she remains here 

With great respect
Your obt servt
(Sgd) H. B. Scott
Lt. Col. Act Asst Comr in absence Col Brown

Official 
J. A. Bates
A.A.A.G. 

(140)  27th Sept 1865
Howard Maj Gen O. O. 
Commissioner &c

General
I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of the following requests for transportation — viz —

No 535 Fanny Boswick - destitute loyal Refugee from Petersburg Va to Columbia S.C.

No 536 Rachel Roberson destitute [[strikethrough]] widow [[/strikethrough]]

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partially transcribed ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-17 15:04:06 if writer writes resply pls transcribe as written (per instructions) and not as respectfully, pls read instructions, its Gen for General not 'Gnrl', there is an '&c' after Commissioner, other corrections ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-17 15:17:02 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-17 15:38:34