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Bureau Refugees, freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Office [[strikethrough]] 1st Div [[/strikethrough]]., 1st Sub-District, Va.
Norfolk, Va. Feby 18th 1868

Bvt. Brig Genl. O. Brown.
Asst. Com. B.R.F and A.L. Dist of. Va.
Richmond, Va.

General:-
I have the honor to request that permission may be given me to issue Rations to the following named destitute Freed people who are unable to support themselves and have no relatives able to assist them. 

Charlotte Wilson  Widow and 3 Children.
Joseph Johnson and Wife  Sick and very destitute.
Keziah Murphy  Widow Sick and idiotic
Anna Spratley  (blind) Widow and 3 Children
Louisa Smith  Widow, Sick, & 4 Children
[[Lerry? Lewy?]] White  blind, & Sick.
William Ellis Wife and 1 Child  Sick and very destitute
Louisa Woodhouse.  Widow very old.

The Civil Authorities have been applied to in above cases but without effect

I am General
Very Respectfully

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