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69.
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Head Quarters Assistant Commissioner Department of the Potomac,
Richmond, Va., 31st January 1867.

Captain Jas. A. Bates
Superintendent.
Captain,
The Asst. Com'r directs that you will at once, instruct Bvt. Lt. Col. Ira Ayers, Asst. Supt. of Hanover Coy, Va, to apply to the proper authorities in his county, to ascertain whether they will provide for destitute freedpeople.
Report answer to these Head Quarters.
I am, Captain
Very respectfully
Your obt. servant
O Brown
Bvt. Brig. Genl Vols
A.A.A. Genl