Title	John Seage to C. B. Fisk, October 4, 1865
Record type	correspondence
Creator	Seage, John
Date of creation	1865-10-04
Series	Records of the field offices for the State of Tennessee, 1865-1872 T142
Description	Appeal to the Freedmen's Bureau for aid from an assistant superintendent by describing the state of the freedmen in his area.
Additional notes	Series T142, Reel 27, [Frames 470-471]
Excerpt from record	"I want to appeal to the Freedmen's Aid Society for Aid for the Freedmen here... There are hundred of women and children who are destitute of under clothing and who have been recently driven away from their farm houses who have no Husband of Father. My heart is made and ever day the chilly air makes them feel the want of clothing and shoes."
Geographic location	Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Rutherford County (Tenn.)
Names that occur in the record	Seage, John Fisk, C. B. Willets, Jacob
Subject (LC)	African Americans--Tennessee--Social conditions--19th century Race relations Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Tennessee--Rutherford County United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--Records and correspondence
Coverage	1860-1869
Contributing institution	National Archives and Records Administration
Medium	microfilm
Bibliographic citation	[Document title, date]. Records of the field offices for the State of Tennessee. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872. Series T142, [Reel number, Frame number/s]. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Copyright status	Public domain
Collection name	Freedman's Bureau Records