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WAR DEPARTMENT
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, March 28th, 1868.

Brvt. Brig. Genl. O. Brown
Asst. Commissioner
Richmond Va.

General:
The Commissioner requests you to state in a few words the exact process pursued by you and your subordinates to secure and defend the legal rights of "refugees and freedmen," when complaint is made of assault or outrage of any kind.

Illustrate by a specific case either actual or supposed.

Very Respectfully
E. Whittlesey
Act'g Asst. Adjt. General

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