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Bureau RF and Al
Hd Qrs 5th Dist Va
Ft Monroe April 5th 67

Respectfully forwarded to the Asst Comr requesting that Asst. Supts be authorized to act before the Civil Courts as Attorneys in behalf of destitutes. This privilege would, it is thought, secure justice in many cases now unattended to solely because of the expensive processes of civil law and for which neglect the authorities cannot fairly be charged with bad faith or neglect duty

S C Armstrong
Supt 5th Dist Va

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[[stamp]] STATE OF VIRGINIA  BUREAU OF R. F. & A. L.  RECD. HD. QRS. ASST. COMMISSIONER APR 6 1867 [[/stamp]]

Transcription Notes:
This person's handwriting is challenging. I've transcribed a lot of his writing and if I can find even a stroke to represent a letter (as in "behalf" above) I give him the benefit of the doubt and do not bog down the transcription with a lot of extraneous annotation. We transcribe what we see, but what I see is someone who can spell, but writes really quickly. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-10-05 06:43:04