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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, July 17, 1865

Col. A Brown
Afs't Com'r Bureau R.F + A.L.
Richmond Va
Colonel
Many inquiries having been made at this office by Freedmen concerning friends and members of their families in Richmond and the complaint being made that letters sent to friends are intercepted by white persons. I have directed them to address their friends in your care

Very Respectfully,
Your Obd't Ser't
John Eaton Jr
Col and Ass't Com'r Dist of Colombia