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WRAPPER.
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands,
Head Quarters Assistant Commissioner, State of Virginia,
Richmond, Va, 9th March 1866

Respectfully returned to Major Genl O.O. Howard Commissioner, and attention invited to enclosed copies of endorsements on a letter received from Mr. T. Taylor relative to the Downey Estate, showing the present status of the case. 

O. Brown
Col & Asst Commr

1.V. 25

[[stamp]] BUREAU R.F. & A.L. WASHINGTON. REC'D MAR 12 1866 [[/stamp]]

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War Department
Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Washington. Mar. 21. 1866.

Respectfully returned to Col. O. Brown Asst Comm'r. &c Richmond, Va. The mistake of facts on the part of the arbitrators appears sufficient to render the award void.

By order of
Majr Genl. O.O. Howard
Commissioner &c
Wm Fowler
Asst Adjt Genl

E.B. 377. 378.

[[stamp]] BUREAU R.F. & A.L. WASHINGTON. REC'D MAR 23 1866 [[/stamp]]

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