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EB 1422. Vol.1. 1868.
WAR DEPARTMENT Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Office Chief Quartermaster Washington, Nov 2. 1868

Respectfully returned to Bvt. Brig Genl E. Whittelsey Actg. Asst Adjt. Genl. remarking that it is impossible to suggest at the present time, what provision should be made for the poor and sick now cared for by this Bureau, when the Bureau shall have been discontinued. It is deemed unsage to establish any precedent involving the expenditure of public funds or property for this purpose. In the case within presented, it appears that second hand lumber is in possession of the Bureau, and is not required for its purposes. This lumber, it is suggested, might be donated to the county on condition that they will make the needed addition to the Poor House
Henry M Whittelsey C.Q.M. B.R.F. & A.L.