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Washington D.C. January 17, 1867. Major General O.O. Howard, Commissioner Bureau R.F. & A.L. General: I hereby certify that during the time that I commanded the Military district of Fort Monroe Va., from May 22nd 1865 to September 1st 1866, there were domiciled on the farm of Joseph Segar, Elizabeth County, Virginia, a large number of Freedmen, I think about three hundred (300). This fact was well known to the agent of the Bureau, as his farm has been since 1861 in the possession (over)