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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
Washington, Dec 11 1865.

Col. O. Brown
Asst Com'r &c
Richmond Va.

Colonel;
Enclosed please find copy of letter from this Bureau to the Hon. Secretary of War, referring for his consideration certain questions relative to title in wood cut on abandoned estates, either by Military authorities or by the Agents of the Bureau, and a copy of his reply to the same. These letters dispose of all questions that can rightfully arise as to ownership in wood, and the accompanying cases are therefore referred to you for disposition under the instructions contained in the letter of the Secretary.
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