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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Office Superintendent 2d District Petersburg, Va. Oct. 23d 1865. Col. O. Brown Asst. Comr &c Richmond Va Colonel: I have the honor to report that contrary to my expectations, I shall be unable to forward my report of Destitute Freedmen with record of their former home, on this date. The withdrawal of the cavalry detail in several of the counties have rendered the delay unavoidable. Every exertion is now being made to complete this report which will be forwarded at the earliest possible moment Very Resp't Your obt. sv't Wm H Mole Bvt. Maj. AAA Genl Actg. Supt 2d Dist