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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands,
HEAD QUARTERS ASST. COMMISSIONER, STATE OF VIRGINIA,
Richmond, Va, Sept 2d, 1865.

Maj. Genl. O.O. Howard
Commissioner &c. -

General,
I have the honor to report that I am receiving constant applications from friends in the North for Freedmen to be sent to them, as laborers. Capt. Wilder reports that thousands can be provided with good homes at fair wages.
Please inform me whether I may hold out to them the prospect of these people being sent North by the Government.

I am General
Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt
O Brown
Col. and Asst. Commr.