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L.B.P. 43
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office Superintendent 1st District of Virginia.
Norfolk, Va. February 26, 1867

Bvt. Brig Genl Orlando Brown
Act. Asst. Adjt. Genl.
Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Richmond Va.

Genl.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Special Orders No 24 par. I. II. & IV. dated Richmond Va. February 21st 1867.

As I have no assistant here I would respectfully request permission to delay reporting at Wytheville, untill my successor reports here to enable me to personally superintend the transfer of the property and records to him.

I am General
Very respectfully
Your obt Servt.
Wm. P. Austin
Capt. A.A.Q.M. &
Supt 1st Dist Va