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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. Office Assistant Sub-Assistant Commissioner, 1st Division, 3rd Sub-District, Virginia. Richmond, Va., October, 28th, 1867. Lieut. Paul R. Hambrick Sub. Asst. Comr. 3rd. Sub. Dist. Va. Lieut: I have the honor to request leave of absence for eight (8) days to date from the 5th, of November next. I wish to go out of the Department on important private business. Very Respectfully, Your Obd't. Servant, Benj. C. Cook Bvt. Capt. and A.S.A.C.