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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandon Lands,
Headquarters, Sub-District York and James City Counties, Va.

Yorktown, Va., February 25th 1867

Mr Stafford G Cook
Gloucester Co 
Va.

Sir:

I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 23d Ult. Its contents has been carefully perused, and in regard thereto, I am compelled to state that under my instructions to interfere with the terms of leases "to prevent imposition and injustice to Freedmen" it will be necessary to modify the terms of the lease proposed by you, so, that the same will read to the following effect.- Five (5) Dollars per year for one and one quarter acres of land without the privilege of fire-wood, balance of rent for year ".66" to be paid on or before March 7th and the first quarters rent for the year ".67" ($1.25) also at the same time. The second quarter to be paid on the 1st of April, the third on the 1st of July, the fourth and last on the 1st of October, and when any tenant shall fail to pay his quarter rent in advance, as above stated, he is (unless he does within fifteen days show 

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