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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Office Superintendent 1st District of Virginia. Norfolk, Va., August 28, 1866. Bvt Lt Col. James A. Bates, A. A. A. G. Richmond Va, Colonel: I have the honor to request permission to sell, at public auction, the following named Bureau property - viz: (1) One Wooden Building, situated in the City of Portsmouth Va, known as the "Transportation Office". I am Colonel, Very Respectfully Your Ob'dt Servt Wm. P. Austin Capt. A.A.Q.M and Supt 1st Dist of Va,