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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, July 6th, 1865.

Col. O. Brown,
Asst. Commissioner for Va.
Richmond, Va.

I have the honor to enclose an official copy of an opinion of the Attorney General relative to the jurisdiction of this Bureau over abandoned lands in the late insurrectionary States.
Any abandoned or confiscated lands which may be required for the use of this Bureau within the State under your charge will be set apart for that purpose upon application for the same made by you to this Bureau, giving a description of each lot, tract, or farm required, with the name of the former owner and the boundaries
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