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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
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