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Maj Genl Butler would be able to give information as to the loyalty of Mr Strachan - 
O Brown 
Colonel and Asst. Commissioner

War Department - 
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen & A.L. 
Washington July 12th 1865. 

Respectfully returned to Col Brown, Asst. Commr for Va to know whether he can give up this property at present, and whether Mr Strachans conduct during the war has been such as to warrant the 

Recd Bureau FR&AL June 26/65

Commissioner of this Bureau in returning the same to him, without an order or directions from a [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] U.S. [[strikethrough]] Corts [[/strikethrough]] Courts. 

By order of Maj Gen Howard
J.S. Fullerton 
A.A.G. 

1/B/128. Hd Qrs Bureau R.F&AL
Richmond Va
24 July 1865. 

Respectfully returned to Maj Genl Howard - From the evidence I can 
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