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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 [leave?] [illegible] [illegible]— <br />
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[More?] may [have?] [seen?] [illegible]— <br />
 
to the [country?]—the "Whitewashing" <br />
 
to the [country?]—the "Whitewashing" <br />
[hosiery?], has been [built?], & is still <br />
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[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 men well. <br />
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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]—
[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