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3 V 44. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, &c., Head Quarters Assistant Commissioner State of Virginia, Richmond, Va, January 8th 1866 Lieut H. S. Merrell Supt &c Lieutenant You will please move the children at Camp Lee into the Building occupied as a School Room - The School will be at once discontinued and Mr. Metcalf's family provided with other quarters - The suffering of these orphans from exposure is most intense and inhuman Please Report as soon as you have acted on above instructions Your Respectfully O Brown Col Asst Comr 76
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Reopened for Editing 2024-01-23 13:33:03
the '3 v 44' at top of pages I added spaces between each, these are 3 separate things, not one, represents '3rd Volume page 44', where they logged letters and documents, other corrections
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