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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, Oct 31st 1865

Colonel O. Brown,
Assistant Commissioner &c for Virginia
Richmond, Va

Colonel
My note of the 25th instant with reference to the suffering poor at Petersburg was merely suggestion, and it is hoped that the assistance requested from the Benevolent Societies of the North, may tend to relieve the destitution in that county.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servant
Max Woodhull
Asst. Adjt. General