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NARA 836 16 Orders Received [[left margin]] Detail [[/left margin]] Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands Hd. Qrs. Asst. Com., State of N. C. Raleigh N.C. July 17th 1865 Special Orders No 7 II The following named Enlisted men having been detailed for duty in the Bureau of Refugees Freedmen &c. are hereby ordered to Report to Lt. Col. Dexter E. Clapp. Supt. of Middle Dist. for duty. Thos W. Torrey Sergt. 4th N.H. Vols. John G. Lovejoy Prv't. 4th N.H. Vols. By command of E. Whittlesey Col. and Asst. Commissioner (signed) Fred H. Beecher Lt. and A. Asst. Adjt. Genrl Office of Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen &c. Central Dist. Post of Raleigh N.C. July 21st 1865 [[left margin]] Detail [[/left margin]] Special Orders } No. 7 } Par. VII Capt. J. M. Hoag 4th Regt. U.S.C.T. will proceed to Goldsboro N.C. to investigate the condition of affairs in Freedmen Bureau at that place, and will report the same at these Hd. Qrs. (signed) Dexter E. Clapp Lt. Col. 88th U.S.C.T. and Supt. Freedmen 17 Head Quarters Tenth Army Corps, District of Raleigh, July 22nd 1865 [[left margin]] Detail [[/left margin]] Special Orders } No. 102. } 5 "____" Private Almon Wood Co. "K." 4th N.H. Vols. is hereby detailed for duty as Hospital Steward and will report to Lt. Col. D. E. Clapp Asst. Commissioner Freedmens Bureau, without delay. By command of Brv't. Major Genrl. A. Ames (signed) Chas. A. Carleton Lt. Col. and Asst. Adjt. Genrl. Lt. Col. Clapp Asst. Com. War Dept Bureau Refugees Freedmen &c Washington July 6th 1865 Circular } No 9 } Whereas it is reported officially that a large number of destitute refugees taking advantage of Circular No 5 from this Bureau have been transported South against their interests to places where it is extremely difficult to procure food and in most cases impossible to do so except when provided by Military Authorities it is ordered that hereafter no transportation be granted to refugees except where humanity evidently demands it and then only by the requisition of the Commissioner of this Bureau (Sgd) O O Howard Maj Genl Commissioner Received at this Office July 26th 1865
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Note: careful with this writer's cap., cursive "H" since he ends "H" with a flourish (ex. Capt. "Hoag," not "Hooag")
What may look like a "2" is a cap., cursive "Q" (Hd. "Qrs." for Head Quarters).