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Bureau Refugees Freedmen and A Lands Hd Q'rs A.S.A Comr. 5th Div 6th Sub Dist Va Heathsville Novr 16th 1867 Brig and Bvt Maj Genl J M Schofield USA Comdg 1st Mil Dist State of Va General, I respectfully request that I may receive a leave of absence for (15) fifteen days, to visit my home in New York. I have been on duty at this place for nearly two years, and during that time, have had but one leave of absence, of ten days duration to visit my Family. I have the honor to be Genl Your obt servt. E.W. Busby 2d Lt V.R.C. & ASA Comr. Bur RF&AL. M C -