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Bureau, of Refugees Freedmen &c.
Office Supt. 10th Va Dist.
Fredericksburg. Sept 28 1865
Col. O. Brown
Asst. Com. State of Va. 
Col. 
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a communication from your office this day, regarding the report of Lands at the end of the month. I was already to go to Prince Wm Co and take possesion of these farms set apart in Circular No 15. from Maj. Genl Howard when I received Genl Order. No 1 [[strikethrough]] 1 [[/strikethrough]] stating that no Stringent measures would be taken in the matter untill further orders I sent a communication to your Office for information as to how far Genl order No 15 was to be construed as affecting the aforenamed lands. And am yet destitute of information. 
I fear that so full a report as might be desired I shall not be able