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War Department
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, April 22d., 1867.

Bvt. Brig. Genl. O. Brown,
Assistant Commissioner &c

General,

Please see General Schofield and request him to issue such an order as will make the rebels, who have burned down the schoolhouse at Petersburg Va., rebuild it.  General Thomas did the same thing in Tennessee.

Very Respectfully &c
(Signed) O.O. Howard
Major General Commissioner, &c

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Head Quarters Assistant Commissioner, State of Virginia
Richmond, Va. April 26th, 1867.

Official Copy Respectfully forwarded for the 
information of Bvt. Maj. Genl. J.M. Schofield
O Brown
Bvt. Brig. Genl. Vols.
Asst. Comr.