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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands Office Superintendent, 2nd District, Petersburg Va. Jany 29th 1866 Col. O. Brown Asst. Commissioner, Richmond Va Colonel, I have the honor to call your attention to the fact that the Govt. Property recommended for sale as per enclosed list, should be disposed of in some way as soon as possible. It is of course impossible to guard the property and it is being removed by the owners of the land on which the buildings are, stolen by other parties, and otherwise diminished. If the Govt. are to receive any benefit from this property, it should be sold. We refer particularly to the property near Manchester, at Drewry's Bluff and over