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Norfolk v.a October 12, 1865
Col. Brown 
Dear Sir
The bearer of this Mr. H.J. Dalby who is in my employ in Petersburg and who is a very worthy man calls on you to see you about a house of his which he ownes in Norfolk and which is now held by the Freedmans Bureau, I hope you will be kind enough to do the best you can for him, as he is a man of a very large familis and in