%ISOpub; ]> Freedmen's Bureau Records: J. Cumming to Thomas P. Jackson, January 8, 1868 freedmens bureau records j cumming to thomas p jackson, january 8 1868 Cumming, J. Creation of machine-readable version: Desi Hopkins Conversion to TEI.2-conformant markup: Desi Hopkins ca. 5kilobytes Virginia Center for Digital History Charlottesville, Virginia B0194

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1 pages Source copy consulted: National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, Box E4269.

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1868-01-08 English Family, Women American Civil War May, 2004 Catherine S. Neale Proofread against original; corrections made. January - July 2008 Scholarly Resources migration staff, University of Virginia Library Markup conversion Converted markup (originally TEI Lite) to comply with the UVa Library TEI DTD (uva-dl-tei).

Cumming's letter to Jackson pertains to the case of Ann Wallace, a woman who is being sought by her parents in Baltimore. Cumming notes that he did what he could to help her parents find her, but calls them "shiftless."

 Jan. 8 '68 Balt. 7 Carey Str. Sir

Your favor dated 21 inst. has been received and I say in reply that I do not know where her parents live now. This time last year they were in this city and they called on me and at that time Dr James Miller being in the city I gave his address and I directed them to obtain all necessary information from them him Dr. J Miller in reference to the girl about home you write, I have on several occasions put them on the track of finding his girl but they seem to be such shiftless people that they did nothing. It only remains now to advertise in the "Balti Sun."

Respectfully J. Cumming