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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands,
HEAD QUARTERS ASST. COMMISSIONER, STATE OF VIRGINIA,
Richmond, Va, July 8th 1865.

Cap. Stuart Barnes A.Q.M_
Sup't. R.F. and A.L_

Captain_

Inquiry has been made from Maj. Gen'l Howard's Head Quarters concerning the whereabouts of Jos. & Rebecca Wood (Husband & Wife) and Penny. Clarissa. Thomas and Manual Wood (their children) They were formerly owned by Wm Wood of Edenton N.C. And are supposed to be in some one of the Villages established by Gov't for benefit of Freedmen_ possibly in Petersburg_ You will please cause proper enquiries to be made within your District and report the result to this office_

By Order of
Col O. Brown_ Ass't Com'r_
P. S. Evans A.A.A.G.

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