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Bureau RF and A Lands
Hd Qrs 4th Sub District
Gordonsville June 19th 1867
Respectfully returned to Genl O Brown, Asst Comr with the information that the ground eluded to within contains about two acres which is enclosed and known as the Govt Yard. Upon it are Nine Hospital buildings, one Bath House one Store House and one shed used as a stables. No wood has been cut from this tract since my assignment here before that 2 [[?]] do I attach any more value to this land, than other tracts in the vicinity. These buildings were built & occupied by the Confederate Govt untils they were seized by authority of the US
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Wm B Morse
Bvt Maj & AS Comr

Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and A. Lands,
Head Qrs Asst Com State of Virginia
Richmond, Va., June 21st 1867.
Respectfully returned to Bvt Maj W.R. Morse SAC for recommendation.
O Brown
Bvt Brig Genl Vols
Asst Comr
E&M 1 V 567 67

Bureau RF&A Lands
Hd Qrs 4th Sub District
Gordonsville, Va July 22d/67
Respectfully returned to Genl O Brown Asst Comr with the recommendation that $25.00 per year be paid for this land & that the rent be dated back one year from the 1st of July 1867
WR Morse
Bvt Maj & ASC 4th Sub Dist Va
E&M 2V 229
[[stamp]] STATE OF VIRGINIA BUREAU OF R.F. & A.L. REC'D HD QRS ASST. COMMISSIONER JUN 21 1867 [[/stamp]]
[[stamp]] STATE OF VIRGINIA BUREAU OF R.F. & A.L. REC'D HD QRS ASST. COMMISSIONER JUL 24 1867 [[/stamp]]

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