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War Department,
Bureau Refugees etc, 
Washington, Sept. 7, 1865,

Respectfully returned to Col. O. Brown. Asst. Commr. Richmond, Va. Articles found on abandoned farms can be used by freedmen occupying them.
The Circular enclosed was intended to apply to the taking of stocks, bonds and articles of personal estate which could be owned merely as a means of revenue.
 
By order of
Maj. Genl. O. O. Howard,
Commissioner &c,
Wm Fowler
Asst. Adjt. Genl. 

2 B 308
Rec'd Hd. Qrs Asst. Commr 9/10/65

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