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H'd Q'rs ASS'T COM'R, DIS'T OF VA.
Bureau of R.F. & A.L.
Richomond, Va. Dec 19th, 1868.

Respectfully forwarded to Maj, Genl O.O. Howard, Comr., with the request that the within desired information may be furnished at as early date as practicable, as the time for removing the timber is short.

O Brown
Asst. Commissioner.

E & M 2nd Vol. (421) 68.

[[stamp]] BUREAU R.F. & A.L. WASHINGTON. REC'D DEC 18 1868 [[/stamp]]

Parker

War Department,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Washington, Dec 22, 1868

Respectfully forwarded to the Hon. Secretary of the Treasury with request to know if any orders have been issued by the Treasury Department for the return of this property to W.B. Gates

O.O. Howard
Major Gen'l. Commissioner

Parker 
G.S.P.

Treasury Department,
December 26th, 1868.

No orders have ever been issued by this Department for the return of this property. Papers respectfully returned to Major General O.O. Howard.

J.F. Hartley
Acting Secretary of the Treasury

R. 710, Dec. 24, 1868.