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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
Washington, D. C., Feb 12 1868

Bvt. Brig. Gen. O. Brown
Asst. Commr. Va.

General

The Commissioner directs me to say that he is satisfied by Mr. Alvords report that you are doing the work of supplying the destitute in Richmond in a thorough and careful manner. If an enlargement of your present establishment will effect the object- viz. to distribute rapidly without subjecting applicants to great discomfort, there will be no call for additional soup houses. The whole matter is left under your control.

Very Respectfully
E. Whittlesey
A. A. A. G.

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