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War Department, Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Washington, March 22d 1866. Col. O. Brown Asst Com'r Richmond Va. Colonel, I am directed to ask your attention to the following specific complaints against Capt Barnes Agent at Petersburg, and to request you to send a Detective to ascertain in some effectual manner, whether there are grounds for them. This information is from seemingly reliable sources. "1st That said Barnes loaned $8000. Govt. Funds at 3 per cent per month. 2d That he is known to have received $45. for which he rendered no account to the Government. 3d Sold large quantities of Govt. lumber worth $75. per thousand feet, at $25. per M. 4th That he keeps five private horses" I am Col. Very Respy &c C H Howard Bvt Brig Gen & A.A.A. Gen'l