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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 
Head-Quarters Assistant Commissioner, District of Virginia,
Richmond, Va., August 24, 1868. 

Estimate of rations required for issue to "sick in Hospitals" and to destitute "Refugees and Freedmen" in the District of Virginia for the month of September 1868. 

Number of rations required "Forty five thousand and forty" (45,040), and "Forty thousand" Soup rations. 

Number of rations required in 
1. Sub. Dist: 5130
2. Sub. Dist: 1650
3. Sub. Dist: 34000 & 40,000 Soup rations
5. Sub. Dist: 4200
10. Sub. Dist: 60
Total 45,040 & 40,000 Soup rations

O Brown 
Bvt. Brig Genl Vols. 
Asst. Comr

Bvt. Maj. W.A. Elderkin, Capt. & C.S, U.S. Army will issue the rations included in the above estimate. 

George Stoneman
Bvt. Maj. Genl U.S. Army
Comd'g.