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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, &c.,
OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT 10TH VIRGINIA DISTRICT,
Fredericksburg, Va. November 27th 1865.

Col. O. Brown
Asst. Comm'r
State of Va.

Colonel,
I would respectfully suggest that if I am mustered out with my Regt., Capt Wm B. Brokaw 96th N.Y. Vols. be appointed in my stead. I know Capt Brokaw to be a true friend of the Freedmen and eminently qualified for the position, as soon as it was found that my Regt was to be mustered out an application was made by the loyal citizens and