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68 00/100, I have seen the Children & conversed with them. They are well clad & the oldest Boy informed me that they were well fed & kindly treated. Their only reason for wishing the Indentures Annulled is that they wish to work for themselves. I would respectfully recommend that the Children be left as they are, unless the Indentures are viewed by the Bureau as illegal, as the officers of the Bureau are regarded as the Guardians of Colored orphan minors

Ed. Murphy
1st Lieut 10th Regt V.R.C.
Asst Supt
[[stamp]] Hd Qr's Supt 5th Dist JAN 15 1867 RECEIVED [[/stamp]]


L.B.179. Vol. 2. O.S. 5th Dist. Va.
Bureau R. F. and A. L.
Hd Qrs Supt. 5th Dist. Va
Fort Monroe Va. Jan. 15. 1867

Respectfully forwarded to the Asst Commr asking for instructions
S C Armstrong
Supt. 5. Dist. Va

Bureau RF&AL
H'd Qrs Asst Com'r D of P
Richmond Va Jan 19./67
Respectfully returned for a copy of the Indentures.
By order of
Bvt. Maj Genl Schofield A.C.
O Brown
AAAG.

[[stamp]]Hd Qr's Supt 5th Dist JAN 22 1867 RECEIVED[[/stamp]]

[[stamp]] STATE OF VIRGINIA BUREAU OF R. F. & A. L. REC'D HD. QRS. ASST. COMMISSIONER JAN 19 1867 [[/stamp]]

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