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Inspector General's Office,
HEAD QUARTERS DEPT. OF VIRGINIA [[strikethrough]] AND NORTH CAROLINA [[/strikethrough]],
[[strikethrough]] Fort Monroe [[/strikethrough]] Richmond, Va., September 14th 1865.

Col. O.M. Brown
Asst. Commissioner Freedmens Bureau

Colonel:
The Major General comdg. directs me to say that the man whom he recommended for a position in the Clothing Bureau under your charge was not intended to displace Mr. Adams the head of that Bureau but merely to be employed under him if he could be made useful in any subordinate capacity

I am Colonel
Very Respy Yr. Obt. Servant
A Terry
Asst Adjutant General