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74. A.Q.M Supt Freedmen R'd 28th June & for'd 29 June 1865 W. Coffin Capt & CS, Supt. N.A. Yorktown, Va 24th June 1865. [[margin note]] Second Entry folio 81 [[/margin note]] In relation to the payment of a police force of colored men organized under Gen'l Orders No 26, Par 3, July 22nd 1865. Endorsed H'd Q'rs Peninsula Dist Williamsburg Va- June 24th 1865. Resply ref'd to the Comdg Gen'l Mil: Dist of Ft Monroe, W.D. Greene Bvt Col A.A.G (Genl Absent) H H'd Q'rs Mil, Dist Fort Monroe Fort Monroe Va June 25th/65 Respectfully forwarded Nelson. A, Miles Bvt Maj Genl Comdg H'd Q'rs Dept of Va Richmond Va. June 28th/65 Respty ref'd to Col O. Brown, Asst Com'r, Freedmen's Bureau, Dept of Va. By command of Genl Terry E'd W. Smith A.A. Gen'l H'd Q'rs Bureau Ref: Freedmens &c Richmond Va, 30 June 1865 Respty ret'd. The indebtedness of Negro affairs in this Department is so great I would recommend that these men be paid from the civil 75. fund of the Dept. R'd 30 June Ret'd 30 June 1865 Rebecca McCandlish Richmond Va June 1865 Returned endorsed. Office Supt Refugees &c Mil: Dist of Fort Monroe Fort Monroe Va 26 June 1865 Respty ref'd to Capt E.W. Coffin, Asst Supt Ref &c for investigation report A.S. Flagg Capt and A.Q.M Supt Ref &c Office Asst Supt Ref &c Yorktown Va June 27/65 Respty returned- application was made for this property in the month of May, by a son of Mrs. McCandlish, and the following endorsement placed upon it by me, and the paper returned to Bvt Brig Genl B.C. Ludlow Comd'g Peninsula Dist. The U.S. Govt has leased until the 31st Dec'r 1865 about 350 acres of this farm to negroes who have built sixteen or eighteen small houses and fenced a part of the ground: the balance of the land is used for pastorage, the house for a school and quarters for the teacher and one colored family, as this farm is the property of a widow lady who of course could take no part in the rebellion, I respectfully recommend that it be transferred to her together with all the personal property belonging to the estate as soon as it can be done without detriment to the interests of the parties who now over
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