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Norfolk, May 15th 1866.

Major James A. Bates.
Bureau of Refugees &c
Richmond.

Sir,
Dr. Wm. E. Wood has handed me your letter of 11th inst.in which you speak of his lands being held under No. 20 of Major Genl. O.O. Howard

You may be assured that whoever reported Dr. Wood as having brought himself within the purview of that order, was entirely mistaken - He not only never excluded any of the Refugees, or Freedmen, from their homes, but he never

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-08-01 09:58:36 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-08-01 10:44:59 fill blanks before marking for review ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-08-01 12:07:41 IF YOU DON"T KNOW the name of the people, look at the SI Roster of employees. BATES is listed as JAMES, not Jarvis. Additionally, there were MORE THAN 2 [?]s