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Brig [[strikethrough]]Maj[[/strikethrough]] Genl W. Hunter Parish Warren County Va  April 7, 1866

Dear sir

Yours of the 26th AD addressed to M. B. Rush Esq. chairman Board of Overseers of the poor for Warren County Va was this day presented by him to the Board and as you require an "immediate answer as to the purpose of the Board in providing maintenance and assistance of destitute coloured persons, having a settlement within the limits of its control of". I have been directed by the Board to acknowledge its receipt and to say that your letter will be laid before our next county court for their consideration, and that the action of this Board must necessarily be controlled by the appropriations made by the court, who alone provide the means for the support of all subjects under our care. 
Hoping the above may be satisfactory,

I am yours very respectfully,
Tho. N. Ashly
Clerk of the Board

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