Viewing page 42 of 248

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

Bureau of Refugees, Freedman & Abandoned Lands HEAD QUARTERS ASST. COMMISSIONER, STATE OF VIRGINIA. 
Richmond, Va, August 9 1865. 

Maj. Genl. O.O. Howard
Commissioner R.F. & A.L. 

General, 
It being impossible to comply with that part of Circular Order No 7 War Department, Bureau Refugees Etc, dated at Washington D.C. June 13 1865, requiring that "all estimates for supplies be approved by the Commissioner, " - on account of insufficient Officers to organize the Bureau, throughout the State; I would respectfully ask permission to make such issues as may be necessary to prevent suffering among the Freedmen, without the approval of such quarterly estimates, until the affairs of the Bureau 

Transcription Notes:
---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-14 13:53:04