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B 168 Richmond July 1, 65 B 27 RF&AL 1865 Brown O Col & Com'd for Va. Reports that Benevolent societies of the North are becoming anxious about buildings for schools &c States that there are enough buildings in all the cities held by men who do not come within the Amnesty Proclamation. wishes to know if anything can be done unless the property is abandoned or confiscated. Recd 5 July/65 Recd Bureau RF&AL July 5/65 War Department Bureau of Refugees Freedmen &c Washington D.C. July 5/65 EB p 19 1865 Respectfully returned. Property cannot be set apart for the use of Refugees or Freedmen unless it has been, or now is, abandoned or when it has been confiscated. By order Maj General Howard Oliver Matthews AAG File