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Bureau Refugees. Freedmen. and A. Lands.
Head Quarters Mecklenberg Co. Virginia
Clarksville Va. Sep 4 1867

Maj. J. R. Stone
S. A. Commr. 2nd Dist. Va.
Petersburg Va.
Va.

Major.
 
I have the honor to hereby apply for permission to remove the Hd Qurs. of this county to Boydton, (the County seat) for the following reasons-

Clarksville, where I am now Stationed is in an extreme corner of the County, many freedmen have to walk full 60 miles to reach the station & pay for crossing the ferries intermediate- Boydton is not only the county seat and the place where the freedmen congregate each court day, in order to settle their litigated matters, but is also the most central town of the county-

I can obtain much better office and stable accommodations for the same Amt. ($6 pr. month. than I now possess- and the change would

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