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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office Superintendent 1st District of Virginia.
Norfolk, Va., October 11. 1866.

Brvt Brig Genl Orlando Brown
A.A.A.G. Bureau R.F. and A.L.
Richmond Va.

General: 

Enclosed I have the honor to transmit List of Freedpeople who request transportation to Fishing Bay Point Middlesex County Va. and Piney Point, St Mary's* County Maryland to relieve the Government of their support.

*forwarded approved to Maj Gen O.O. Howard Com'r

I am General
Very Respectfully
your Obt Servt 
Wm. P. Austin
Capt A.A.Q.M. and Supt 1st Dist Va. 

Transcription Notes:
---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-07-19 13:12:41 remember that when initials are in abbreviations, they are to be capitalized (ex: U.S.A., R.S.V.P., A.A.Q.M). Additionally, titles are capitalized (ex: President, Doctor and Major and General) ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-07-20 09:40:42 also the "F" in Freedmen in the first line of letterhead is a capital - for reference, compare to the "f" in Refugees