Viewing page 152 of 268

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
Washington, Jany 23d 1866

To
Major Genl. O. Howard

Sir,
Some col'd men wish to purchase the farm of Dr. Wm. E. Wood, near Fort Monroe. The farm is now in possession of your Bureau, but merely until the Govt. obtains a  few acres for a cemetery.

Will you be kind enough to give your official assent to the sale to the contrabands?

With respect,
Your obdt. srvt.
L. H. Chandler