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5.V.1327.
September 24th 1866.

Armstrong General S.C.
Supt.

Genl.
I am directed by the Asst. Comr. to call your attention to the following remarks on your August 1866 Land report, the corrections will be made in your September report.

1st The farm of William Anderson, E.C. Co. was reported by Capt. Wilder as containing 150 acres, this amount has been reported to Washington, you will alter your report to correspond.

2nd On the report of Capt. Wilder for Sept. 1865, Dr. Woods' was reported as having a lot at Camp Hamilton Va., on which was situated a house and outbuildings and was rented to a W.H. Gleason - I entered this item in pencil before returning your August report for correction - it was rubbed out and no remarks whatever made. If the property was incorrectly reported it must be dropped, stating that no such property was ever in possession of the Bureau.

3rd No remarks were made in your August report, altho. attention was called to the matter by pencil marks, as to why the farm of W.H. Curtis Jr. ("Folly Farm,") is now reported as containing 111¾ acres, when it appears on Capt. Wilder's report for September as 15 acres.

It is desirable that your September report should be as correct as possible.

In your August report the boundaries of many of the farms were left out, or rather not given as heretofore.

I would call your attention to an error in making the report of your district which has existed since the September 1865 report and which must be rectified in your next report. You will notice that the description of the lands, calls for the number of cultivated and uncultivated acres, which should give the Total number of acres.

According to your report, the total number

of acres uncultivated, make the total number of acres in the farm, yet at the same time a number of acres are reported as being cultivated. Take Dr. Wood's farm as an example;

[[5 columned table]]
| | Cultivated | Uncultivated Woodland | Uncultivated Cleared | Total. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| W.E. Wood - reported as | 150 | - | 160 | 160 |
| W.E. Wood - as it should be | 150 | - | 10 | 160 |

I am General
Yours Respectfully
(Sgd.) James A. Bates
A.A.A. Genl.

Official.
Garrick Mallery
A.A.A. Genl.

5.V.1328.
Sept. 24th 1866.

White Maj. George Q.
Chief Q.M. & F.A.

Major,
The Asst. Commissioner directs that you pay rent to Creed Thomas administrator of the estate of Benajah Thomas (dec'd.), for their building situated on the corner of Broad & 8th Streets City, formerly occupied as a dispensary and office of Chief M.O. Bureau R.F. & A.L. from April 2nd 1866 to Aug 31st 1866, at the rate of $900.00/100 per annum.

The building will be taken up by you & reported on a supplementary Roll for the time for which rent is paid.

Respectfully
(signed) O. Brown
A.A.A. Genl.

Official
Garrick Mallery
AAA Genl

5.V.1329
September 24th 1866.

White Maj. George Q.
Chf. Q.M. & F.A.

Maj.
The Asst. Comr. directs that you pay to L.W. Williams Atty. in fact for the heirs Wm. Patlock & heirs of G.G. Williams $500.00/100 as rent for the tract of land known as "Oak Grove" near Portsmouth Va. for use of said land while in possession of the Bureau from June 1st 1865

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