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Camp near Yorktown May 1, 1862
To Qu. M. Genl Meigs
Dear Sir
Will you be so kind as to furnish me with a pass from Baltimore for Mr Copp or an assistant in my work here—I must leave, for a few weeks, to attend the May anniversaries in Boston and N York—& the condition of the troops calls for an earnest distribution of reading matter just now
Please direct to me Washington Room [22?] P.O Building—
Can you also furnish me with an order on the local Qu. Masters for temporary shelter for my Boxes at the various Central Depot, where I can break them up into parcels for the Regiments. By your previous kindness I now have every other facility but this— In so doing you will greatly aid our endeavors for the Christian welfare of the Army & very much oblige
Yours &c Very Respectfully J. W. Alvord Sec Am Tr Soc
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[top:] QUARTERMASTERS OFFICE New York April 15 1865 TRANSPORTATION FURNISHED To Newberne NC Cost $— [Old?] [unclear] CAPT. [A?] A.[C?]
[Left column:] [in pencil] A Lincoln Rev. J. W. Alvord, has for a long time been distributing religious and litterary reading matter in the Army of the Potomac, and now wishes to go elsewhere on the same business. I approve the [object?] and with the approval of the Sec. of War, he is entitled to pass and transportations for that purpose.
A. Lincoln Nov. 12. 1863
Approved Andrew Johnson Give pass on the [11?] [Langston?] D [Simon?]
[middle column:] J W Alvord Scy Am Tr So Boston Camp near Yorktown May 1, 1862
Request a pass from Baltimore for Mr Copp or an assistant.—Also an order for temporary shelter for his boxes at the various central depots.
The Quartermaster General desires all officers of the [Dr?] [Mr?] Dept to afford to Mr J. W. Alvord every facility consistent with [codes?] and regulations & the interests of the public in executing his charitable mission—
(signed) M. C. M
send a pass for Fort Monroe for Mr Copps assist to the Sec of the Am Tract Society
Book 48 original received Book 53. A. 109. Recd May 2 1862