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American Missionary Association,
No. 61 JOHN STREET,
New York, July 26 1865

Rev. GEO. WHIPPLE, Secs.
Rev. M. R. STRIRHY, Secs.
LEWIS TAPPAN, Esq., Treas.
W. E. WHITING, Asst. Treas.

Capt. C. B. Wilder

Dear Sir

Mrs. W. H. Burgfels (teacher Fort Monroe Va.) told me on the 6 July, that recently her husband was asked to interfere in the case a colored man, who had been wronged and that Mr. B. had called on the Provost Marshal who treated him with great indecency for hiring him to bring such complaint. Mr. B. argued that he could take such outrages no where else, for redress as he was appointed to look into such things. at length the P.M. roughly said he would attend it

Mrs Burgfels says the P.M. afternoon siezed the man who had been imprisoned, and without inguiring into the case, tied him, and beat him with a plank with great cruelty saying he would teach him to make complaints. Mr Burgfels has I think served in the army and is yet acting as one of our teachers near Fort Monroe.

W.  E. Whiting
Asst. Treas.

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