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342 request of Lt. M.S. Reed, forwarded by you July 16th 1866. Please acknowledge receipt. (3 Enclosures) I am General Very Respectfully Your Obt. Servant (Sgd.) James A. Bates Bvt. Lt. Col. & A.A.A. Genl. Official. Garrick Mallery A.A.A. Genl. 4.V.1130. Richmond Va. July 20th 1866. McDonnell Captain J.A. Captain, The girl Martha Ann Banks, now at Howards Grove Hospital, dependent upon the government for support, has an opportunity of obtaining a home, where fair wages and Kind treatment will be assured her. If her mother is accessable, you will consult her in relation to the matter- if she is not, you will have the girl neatly dressed, and ready to proceed to Washington D.C. on Wednesday next.- It may not be well to mention the matter to the girl, as she might absent herself, as she has once already done. I am Captain, Yours Respectfully (Sgd.) O. Brown Bvt. Brig. Genl. & A.A.A. Genl. Official. Garrick Mallery A.A.A. Genl. 4.V.1130 1/2. Richmond Va. July 20th, 1866. Loomis Col. J. S. Treasury Agent Richmond Va. Colonel, I am directed by the Assistant Commissioner to request you to turn over to Captain & Bvt. Major George Q. White Chief Q.M. of this Bureau (in accordance with Section 12, Freedmen's Bureau Bill) all buildings, tenements and lands formerly owned by, or claimed as the property of the so called Confederate States, now in your possession, and not heretofore disposed of. I am, Colonel, Very Respectfully Your Obt. Servt. (Sgd.) James A. Bates Bvt. Lt. Col. & A.A.A. Genl. Official. Garrick Mallery A.A.A. Genl. 343 4.V.1131. Richmond Va. July 23rd, 1866. DeLamater Surgeon J.J. Chief Med. Officer Surgeon, I am directed by the Asst. Commissioner to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of July 23rd- The chlorinated lime has arrived, and can be obtained by General James' Order on Bvt. Lt. Col. Cadwallader A.Q.M. - On the 13th inst. Captain Austin, was instructed to take immediate measures to close up the Taylor Farm, so far as its present purposes and uses in the Bureau are concerned - Nothing has yet been heard from Captain Austin on the subject.- I am Surgeon Very Respectfully (Sgd.) James A. Bates A.A.A.G. Official. Garrick Mallery A.A.A. Genl. 4.V.1132. Richmond Va. July 23rd, 1866. Morse Bvt. Maj. W.R. Supt. Major I have the honor to enclose transportation requested by Capt. W.L. Tidball - Asst. Supt. - whose application you forwarded July 21st.- Please acknowledge receipt. (2 Enclosures) I am, Major Very Respectfully Your Obt. Servt. (Sgd.) James A. Bates A.A.A. Genl. Official. Garrick Mallery A.A.A. Genl. 4.V.1133. Richmond Va. July 23rd, 1866. Morse Bvt. Maj. W.R. Supt. 4th Dist. Va. Major, The Assistant Commissioner directs that you relieve Lt. Winfield S. Chase as Asst. Supt. of Culpepper County and assign him to duty as Asst. Supt. of Fauquier County with Hd. Qrs. at Warrenton, relieving Lieut W.A. MacNulty, whom you will assign
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The letter series is 4.V. not V.P.
It is Bvt. Major, for Brevet, not Pvt. Major
It is chlorinated lime, used as a disinfectant, not line
The A's in A.A.A. Genl. are to be capitalized ----------
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