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V.13. R.F. & A.L. Vol 12, '68
Richmond Jany 10/68

Virginia
Brown O.
B.B. Genl. Asst Commr

States that officers and agents are asking instruction in regard to their duty toward Freedmen on political questions - Whether they should urge freedmen to register & vote for such a Constitution as will secure their civil & political rights &c - and he asks instruction on this matter.

[[stamp]] BUREAU R.F. & A.L. WASHINGTON. REC'D JAN 11 1868 [[/stamp]]

W. 30. R.F. & A.L. Va. 1st Vol, 1868
War Department,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, D.C. Jan 13th 1868.

Respectfully returned. No instructions are required. The common sense of every officer ought to be a sufficient guide in these matters.

By order of
Major General O.O.Howard
E. Whittlesey
A.A.A Gen'l

File

[[stamp]] STATE OF VIRGINIA. BUREAU OF R.F & A.L. RECD. HD. QRS. ASST. COMMISSIONER. JAN 14 1868 [[/stamp]]

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