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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 17th 1868

Bvt. Brig. Gen. O Brown
Asst. Comm. Va.
General
The Commissioner directs me to instruct you to purchase in open market supplies for the destitute whenever the Commissary Department cannot furnish supplies, and whenever in your judgement the interests of the Bureau in may require purchases to be made in that manner. But it will be advisable to procure supplies through the Com Dept as far as possible.

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