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Gordonsville Orange
County, Va
June 11th 1867

Genl. O. Brown
     Dear Sir,
The land on which all the Hospital buildings and many others occupied by the officers of the Bureau at this place are situated belongs to Mrs Mary H. Beale, Miss Sarah & Lucy Gordon & others of the family The buildings occupy some two acres of land just in the rear of the hotel & very near the rail road. The land is very valuable and has been used by the Bureau ever since the close of the war. A good deal of wood has been gather from the tract by the coloured people during this time.  [[crossed out]] The parties [[/crossed out]] 

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The dark mark on the left side of line 7 seems to be a stray mark and not a word. I didn't include this mark in the transcription.