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War Department
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen &c.
Washington July 15, 1865

Respectfully referred to Col. O. Brown Ass't Com'r for Va. Arrangements for the payment of these men must be made between Gen'l Terry & himself, or not at all. I will approve their payment from any funds pertaining to the Bureau if just and necessary. 

O.O. Howard
Major General
Commissioner 

{E.B. p. 27 1865} 

Hd Qrs. Bureau R. F. & A. L. 
Richmond July 19/65

Respectfully returned to Maj. Gen'l Terry - with the report that negro affairs in this Dep't are insolvent - I would therefor respectfully review the application that these men be paid from the Civil Fund - 

O Brown Col & 
Assistant Commissioner

Retd July 19/65
1/B/89

Head Quarters Dept of Va 
Richmond July 21 1865. 

I approve of the pay't of the within named men for that portion of the civil fund which has been turned over to Col. Brown. 

Alf. H. Terry
M.G. 

Transcription Notes:
I decided that the word after O.O. must be Howard because Maj. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard was appointed to the Bureau in 1865. Ass't Com'r ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-15 21:33:32 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-16 08:33:36