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L.B.V2. p 13. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Headquarters, Superintendent Fifth District. Va. Fort Monroe, Va. July 20 1866 Bvt Brig Gen O Brown A.A.A.G. General; I have the honor to request a leave of absence of seven days to commence on Friday the 28th for the following reasons I desire to attend commencement Exercises at my Alma Mater, Williams College Mass. a privilege from which I have been hitherto debarred by military duty. I do not think Bureau interests would at all suffer from my absence as this is an unusually quiet season; and, should this request be granted, would respectfully suggest that Lieut M S Reed Asst Supt be authorized to perform the duties until my return. I am General With Great Respect Your obt Servt S C Armstrong. Supt 5th Dist