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Griffing, Josephine Sophie White ?. Letter to Isaac Post.
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wives & children are in distress <br /> | wives & children are in distress <br /> | ||
for the [necessities?] of life. <br /> | for the [necessities?] of life. <br /> | ||
| − | [More?] may [ | + | [More?] may [have?] [seen?] [illegible]— <br /> |
to the [country?]—the "Whitewashing" <br /> | to the [country?]—the "Whitewashing" <br /> | ||
| − | [ | + | [illegible], has been [built?], & is still <br /> |
in operation, to some extent, but <br /> | in operation, to some extent, but <br /> | ||
[illegible] [Howard?] is now [seeing?] more <br /> | [illegible] [Howard?] is now [seeing?] more <br /> | ||
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city—& <u> will</u>, I think act more <br /> | city—& <u> will</u>, I think act more <br /> | ||
wisely in the future. He wishes <br /> | wisely in the future. He wishes <br /> | ||
| − | the Black | + | the Black man well. <br /> |
Can you put the enclosed <br /> | Can you put the enclosed <br /> | ||
circular into hands that will | circular into hands that will | ||
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[illegible]. 27. 4. 1/2 [ft.?]
[Wash?] D.C.
J.S.G
Washington 10 Jan /66
My dear Isaac & Amy Post
We are needing
help for our freed people here in
the Dist.
More than four hundred
families, many of them soldiers
wives & children are in distress
for the [necessities?] of life.
[More?] may [have?] [seen?] [illegible]—
to the [country?]—the "Whitewashing"
[illegible], has been [built?], & is still
in operation, to some extent, but
[illegible] [Howard?] is now [seeing?] more
light—in the suffering every day
brought, & waged, when him, in his
city—& will, I think act more
wisely in the future. He wishes
the Black man well.
Can you put the enclosed
circular into hands that will