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50 D.H. Chandler and W.P. Webster June 1865 Returned Endorsed Office Supt Ref &c Mil Dist of Fort Monroe Fort Monroe Va July 5/65 Respty ref'd to Lt S. Hawk Asst Supt Refugees &c for investigation and report on the points suggested by Col Brown in the previous endorsement A.S. Flagg Capt & A.Q.M. &c Asst Supt R F & A L. Fort Monroe Va July 24/65 [[left margin]] Refer 1 Book 16 Refer 2 Book 76 [[/left margin]] Respty ret'd to Capt A.S. Flagg A Q M & Supt Dist No 1 Bureau of Ref. &c. I have made a careful investigation of the circumstances connected with the farms referred to within I find on the Whitney Farm a small settlement of colored people, in all about seventy families who have built their own houses fenced in the land and now have it in a good state of cultivation. Buckroe farm is occupied by about two hundred colored people most of them are farming the place, the others are working for the govt they are now about beginning to realize a profit from their labors. on Whitney farm they have built a school house and church, they are a quiet industrious people and in my judgement removing them from the farms where they have accomplished so much would be inflicting on them a serious injury S. Hawk 1st Lt & Asst Supt &c Bureau R.F & A.L Office Supt 1st Dist of Va July 27th, 1865 Respty ref'd to Col O. Brown Asst Comr Richmond Va with the recommendation that if the request be granted the people occupying the places be fully reimbursed for crops buildings &c A.S. Flagg Capt & A Q M &c over 51 Hd. Qrs. Asst Comr Bureau of R.F & A.L Richmond Va July 29th, 1865. Respty ref'd to Hon J C Underwood, Judge U.S.D.C. respectfully requesting that he inform me under what condition as regards the colored occupants, these farms were sold Rec'd & for'd 29 July 1865. W.M. Hodges Norfolk Va 22 July 1865 Statement in regard to a threatened suit to recover payment for a slave purchased by Hodges for the sake of freeing him Endorsed Hd. Qrs. Asst. Comr. Richmond Va July 29th, 1865. Respty ret'd to T.P. Jackson Esqr. Have this paper properly drawn up and signed by Mr Hodges, add your substantial testimony and forward the paper to Col O. Brown By order &c R'd and ret'd 29 July 1865. Capt Stuart Barnes A Q M &c Petersburg Va 27 July 1865 States that he finds difficulty in matter of transportation and asks that Col O. Brown furnish him with a Genl. Order to travel within his Dist and to Dept Hd. Qrs. Endorsed Hd. Qrs. Asst Comr. Bureau R.F & A.L Richmond Va July 29/65 Respty ret'd to Capt Stuart Barnes A.Q.M. &c &c. No Genl. Order can be furnished under existing regulations of the Q M Dept. You must make your travelling expenses as light as possible. By order &c R'd & forw'd 29 July 1865. Capt H.E. Alvord Supt &c Alexandria, Va 25 July 1865. Requests that applications be made for the detail of 1st Lt E.H. Chandler 10th Regt Vet Res: Corps to duty in the Bureau Endorsed Hd. Qrs. Asst Comr. Bureau of R.F & A.L
