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102.
H'd Q'rs 1st Div 25 A.C 
St'r "Western Metropolis"
June 5th 1865.
Respectfully transmitted to the Department commander direct, in absence of Maj Gen'l Weitzel,
Signed 
Giles A. Smith 
Bvt Maj Gen'l Vols

Head Q'rs Dept of Va 
Richmond Va 
10th June 1865
Respectfully referred to Capt O. Brown, Supt Negro Affairs.
By command of Maj Genl Ord 
Signed Ed W. Smith 
A.A.Gen'l
Rec'd 13th June forwarded 13th June/65 endorsed

Bureau Refugees &c Richmond Va 13th June/65
Respectfully forwarded to Maj Gen'l Howard Commissioner &c; Roanoke Island being in the State of North Carolina-


John A Strachan
Chesterfield Co, Va
22d June 1865.

Asking to have his land restored to him -
Endorsed
 
H'd Q'rs Bureau &c 
Richmond Va, 
24 June/65
Respectfully forwarded, to Maj Gen'l O.O.Howard - As far as I have known the policy of the generals commanding this Dept, it has always been to allow all loyal persons to come within our lines - The property and persons of such loyalists have always had the protection of the Military power- I presume Major General Butler would be able to give information as to loyalty of Mr. Strachan

103.

James Ross
Hampton U.S. General Hospital, Va
22d June 1865
Wishes advice in regard to premises purchased by him from former occupants, now claimed by former owner, who demands rent - 
Endorsed 

Office Asst Pro Mar 
Camp Hamelton Va 
June 22d 1865.
Respectfully referred to Capt A.S. Flagg, Supt of Freedmen &c&c 
Dist of the Peninsula
R.H. O'Berne 
Lt and Asst. Pro: Mar-

Office of Sup't. of Freedmen Affairs, Dist: of the Peninsula Fort Monroe, June 22d 1865-
Respectfully referred to Col. O. Brown Commissioner of Freedmens Bureau for State of Virginia for his instructions in the case referred to-
This case is similar to others which will no doubt come up for the action of this Bureau and a decision as to the power of the provost Court to reinstate former owners in possession of abandoned property prior to the action of Civil Courts or independant of them may be of value as a precedent
A.S. Flagg
Capt and A.Q.M
and Supt. of F.R. & A. Lands 
Dist of the Peninsula, Va

H'd Q'rs Bureau Refugees Freedmen &c, 
Richmond Va, 24 June 1865.
Respectfully returned - The statement is not clear  Did Goslin and King

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