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MONTHLY REPORT of Col. O. Brown, Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, for the State of Virginia, of Abandoned or Confiscated Lands in his possession in the State of Virginia, during the month ending 31st August, 1865.
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|NAME OF FORMER OWNER.|LOCATION.COUNTY OR PARISH.|LOCATION. OTHER BOUNDARIES.|ALTERATIONS SINCE LAST REPORT. GAINED. DATE.|ALTERATIONS SINCE LAST REPORT. GAINED. HOW.|ALTERATIONS SINCE LAST REPORT. LOST. DATE.|ALTERATONS SINCE LAST REPORT. LOST. HOW|HOW HELD,(ABANDONED OR CONFISCATED.)| DESCRIPTION.CULTIVATED.|DESCRIPTION ACRES UNCULTIVATED. ACRES WOODLAND. | DESCRIPTION. ACRES UNCULTIVATED ACRES CLEARED|DESCRIPTION. TOTAL NO. ACRES.|DESCRIPTION. BUILDINGS.|Length of Time rented|Rent per month|REMARKS.|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|   |   |3rd District. Lieut H.S. Merrell, Supt.|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   
| Unknown | Henrico | On Bluff foot of Broad St formerly known as Chimborazo Hospital|   |   |   |   | Land Abandoned Barracks Confiscated|   |   |   | 35 |Ninety one Barracks|These Barracks were built by the Confederates for a Hospital and are now used as a Camp for Refugees & Freedmen, and have now Eleven hundred and twenty inmates, all of which are self supporting with the exception of Thirty.| 
| Walter Gwynne | Richmond | On 2nd St between Leigh & Jackson | Aug 1st | Possession ordered by Military Authorities |   |   |Abandoned|House&Lot|   |   |   |   | One |   |$15|   |
| Unknown | Henrico |Formerly known as Camp Lee|Aug 10th|Turned over by Military Authorities|   |   |Land Abandoned Barracks Confiscated|   |   |   |   |Forty one Barracks and Three Buildings|   |   |These barracks were built by the Confedarates as a Camp of Instruction, and are now used as a Camp for Refugees and Freedmen, and have now, Three hundred and Twenty inmates all of which are self supporting.|
|Total... |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |35|   |   |   |   |

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