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80 unless it is probable it would be restored. (Sgd) C.B. Wilder Capt & AQM &c Richmond Va Nov 11th 1865 Respectfully forwarded to Maj Gen'l O.O. Howard commissioner &c The Bureau will need all the funds it can raise to repay its expenses. (Sgd) O. Brown Col & Asst Com'r Fow'd Nov 12th 1865 Chas. E. Johnston Asst Supt &c Norfolk Va Nov 7th 1865 T P. 134 Rec'd Nov 11th 1865 Reports that the house occupied by him as an office has been restored to its former owner. W.E. Taylor. Mr Taylor proposes to lease it to the Bureau until Jany 1st 1866 at fifty dollars per month. Asks approval to such lease. Endorsed Norfolk Va Nov 8th 1865 Respectfully referred to Col. O. Brown for his instructions This will be a precedent for hiring offices and Quarters for the officers and clerks of this Bureau. The present policy pursued will will bring the Bureau to this step sooner or later and even now it will be difficult to avoid it for a month longer. (Sgd) A.S. Flagg, Capt & A.Q.M. &c Richmond Va Nov 11th, 1865 Respectfully forwarded to Maj Gen'l Howard Com'r &c for instructions. Mr Taylor has received a pardon, an order has been issued restoring his property. (Sgd) O. Brown Col & Asst Comr Fow'd Nov 12th 1865 Saml. V. Watkins Petersburg Va Sept 19th 1865 U 2.B.364 P 57 P 239 Rec'd back Nov 11th 1865 Endorsed Petersburg Va Oct 7th 1865 Respectfully referred to Col Strawbridge Comd'g Sub Dist Blackwater with attention invited to order of Gen'l McKibbon. Is this order to be construed as restoring to Mr Watkins all the wood cut & corded by the U.S. Army and now left on his land or permission to remove such as he requires for his own use. (Sgd) Stuart Barnes Capt & A.Q.M &c Petersburg Va Nov 8th 1865 81 Respectfully returned to Capt Stuart Barnes A.Q.M. & Supt of Freedmen Dist of the Nottoway with the information that the enclosed order only relates to wood for family use. (Sgd) S.D. Strawbridge Col 2d Pa Vet Arty Cont Papers of S.V. Walkins sent to Capt Barnes Nov 5th 1865 (See pg 51) returned with the above and endorsed as follows. Petersburg Va Nov 10th 1865 Respectfully returned to Hd Qrs Asst Comr &c. These papers were found at Dist Hd Qrs. None of the wood has been removed yet, attention invited to endorsement of Col Strawbridge in regard to Gen'l McKibbons order which is merely a "wood pass" given to teamsters as well as farmers not intended to restore wood, evident from the fact that the wood was turned over to the Bureau by Gen'l Hartsuff. (Sgd) Stuart Barnes Capt & A.Q.M. &c Richmond Va Nov 11th 1865 Respectfully forwarded to Maj Gen'l O.O. Howard Commissioner &c for instructions. (Sgd) O. Brown Col & Asst Comr Fow'd Nov 12th 1865 J.J. DeLamater Surg & Cheif Med Offr Richmond Va Nov 11th 1865 P. 143 Rec'd Nov 11th 1865 Requests that the U.S. Dispensary at Richmond be authorized to continue to fill prescriptions for Freedmen when signed by officers duly authorized, until arrangements can be completed for establishing a Dispensary for Freedmen in the city, which arrangements will be commenced at once &c. Addressed to Col J Simons Med Director Dist of Va Endorsed V Richmond Va Nov 11th 1865 Approved and respectfully forwarded to Col J Simons Medical Director Dept Va (Sgd) O. Brown Col & Asst Com'r Fow'd Nov 12th 1865 C.B. Wilder Capt & A.Q.M Fort Monroe Va Nov 9th 1865 Rec'd Nov 11th 1865 Returning orders for transportation of freed-people for the approval of the Maj Gen'l commissioner. "The Depot Quartermaster at this Post refusing to acknowledge these orders, to wit Nos 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 61 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 74, 75, 76, 84 without his approval." Endorsed Richmond Va Nov 11th 1865 Respectfully forwarded to Col W.L. James chief Qr Mr Dept of Va
