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freedmen, is the coner [[corner]] stone of the Bureau of Ref: Freedmen & A. Lands

R. 1st July & forw'd 1st July 1865.


O. Brown 
Col & Asst Com'r
Richmond Va
24 June 1865.

Requests information if Quartermasters can employ such citizen clerks as are requisite for the proper care of their property and papers - 
Ret'd_ Endorsed 
H'd Q'rs Bureau of 
Refugees, Freedmen &c 
Washington 28 June 1865.
Respectfully returned to Col. O. Brown Richmond Va - Quartermasters will of course be allowed to employ the necessary citizen clerks &c while on duty in this bureau, the same as if they were on duty elsewhere, subject to such restrictions only as are put on them by existing orders from Q.M. Gen'l 
By order of Maj Genl O.O. Howard
Sam'l L. Taggart 
A.A.G
R. 1 July & filed


Theo Ferris
City Pt, Va
June 9th 1865

Endorsed.
 
H'd Q'rs Bureau 
Ref: Freedmen &c Richmond Va 2 July 1865
Respectfully referred to Capt Stuart Barnes A.Q.M. &c
forwarded 2 July 1865


Brig Gen'l Duval
Staunton Va
9 June 1865

Statement regarding the negroes and their condition in that vicinity
Endorsed. 

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H'd Q'rs Army of the Shenandoah 
June 12th 1865
Respty forw'd with the recommendation that this paper be referred to the Freedmens Bureau - Something should be done and that as speedily as possible to prevent the idleness of the negroes throughout the valley, or there must necessarily be much suffering among them - orders on the subject issued by Gen'l Duval enclosed
A G S Lorbert 
Bvt Maj Gen'l Comdg

Hd Qrs Mid Mil Div 
June 14th 1865.
Respty ref'd to Maj Genl O O Howard Commisioner Bureau Refugees, &c
--- Hancock
Maj Genl Comdg 
Note - Staunton is now attached to the Dept of Va - Maj Gen'l A.H. Terry, Comdg H'd Q'rs at Richmond Va ~

War Dept Bureau R.F &c 
Washington June 19th 1865
Repty referred to Col O Brown Asst Com'r for Va
By command
J.S. Fullerton 
A.A.G

H'd Q'rs Bureau R. F &c 
Richmond Va 3 July 1865
Respty referred to the Dist Supt of Refugees, F & A.L.
R 22 June & for'd 22 July 1865

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