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COMMISSION RELATING TO STATE PRINSONERS,
Brig. Gen. JAMES S. WADSWORTH, &c, Washington GENERAL: If they consent you will please convey * * * Mrs. Augusta Morris, prisoners at present in the Old Capital Military Prison in this city, beyond the lines of the U. S. forces into the State of Virginia and release them upon their giving their written parole of honor that they will not return north of the Potomac River during the present hostilities with permission of the Secretary of War.
Very respectfully, yours,
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Monroe, Va., June 2, 1862. We, the undersigned late prisoners in the Old Capital at Washington, do pledge our word of honor that in consideration of our being set at liberty beyond the lines of the U. S. Army we will not return north of the Potomac River during the present hostilities without the permission of the Secretary of War of the United States. MRS. AUGUSTA MORRIS
SOURCE: Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series 2, Volume 2, pg. 1351
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