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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and
Abandoned Lands,
Head Qarters Assistant Commissioner,
State of Virginia.
Richmond, Va, May 1st 1867.

Circular }
No 9. }

Officers and Agents of this Bureau will take care that the Freedmen, within their respective jurisdictions, are made acquainted with their rights under the Act of Congress to provide for the more efficient government of the Rebel States, and the Act supplementary thereto passed respectively, March 2nd, and March 23rd, 1867.

Such measures will be taken as will inform all Freedmen entitled to be registered, of the necessity for, and the time and place of registration, and of the time and place of voting. They will also be instructed then, as they will not be allowed to suffer from the honest exercise of the right of suffrage, they should disregard all threats or undue influence tending to prevent or restrain the same.

Prompt reports will be made to the President of the local Board of Registration of any case in which the rights of a Freedman, under the above mentioned Acts, are withheld or interfered with.

By order of Bvt. Brig. Genl. O. Brown,
Asst. Commissioner
Garrick Mallery
Capt 43rd Infty.
A.A.A.G.

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Genl. Howard, and
each officer and
Agent in the Bureau
Va.
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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and
Abandoned Lands,
Head Quarters Assistant Commissioner,
State of Virginia.
Richmond, Va, May 3rd 1867.

Special Order }
No. 54. }

I.. Mr. Frank K. Smith having tendered his resignation as Agent, is hereby honorably discharged from the service of this Bureau.

By order of Bvt. Brig. Genl. O. Brown,
Asst. Commissioner
Garrick Mallery
A.A.A. Genl.

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Maj. Genl. O.O. Howard
Surg. J.J. De Lamater
Bvt. Maj. Geo Q. White
Lt. H. Schriner.
Genl. S.C. Armstrong.
Mr. F.K. Smith.
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Transcription Notes:
---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-02-08 21:17:22 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-02-08 21:41:43 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-02-14 18:06:24 Surgeon J.J. De Lamater (surname misspelled on TC Roster) George Q. White