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[[preprinted]] 112 [[/preprinted]] 256 Bureau Refugees Freedmen &c. Hd. Qrs. Asst. Commissioner Raleigh, N. C. April 21" 1866 Armstrong S. G. Supt. &c. Sir Your letter to Bvt. Brig. Genl. Brown respecting people of N.C. now at Hampton has been referred to me. I will direct any applicants for laborers to you. There have been many such applications, but the season is now so far advanced, that I fear it will not be easy to find places for all at their old homes. Very Respectfully E. Whittlesey Asst. Comsser. L.R.-A.29 [[line across page]] 257 Bureau Refugees Freedmen &c. Hd. Qrs. Asst. Commissioner Raleigh, N. C. April 23", 1866 Goslin Capt A.Q.M. Asst. Supt. &c. 219/328 Capt. Your letter of the 18" inst. is received. The object of my order is to bring as strong a pressure as possible upon the people to remove. I give you such latitude in carrying it out as you may deem necessary. We must not reduce any to actual starvation. Some I suppose will be left on our hands. If we could buy for a few hundred dollars one of those farms on the Island, all such might be collected upon it, would it not be well to establish an Asylum at the hospital or in any public building for destitute, infirm, old people and orphans. There will be no trouble I think in the payment of transportation for baggage. But I will send you on more blanks specifiying baggage, & a Special Order to cover you. You can continue to furnish transportation to all who have been dependents, even after rations are stopped. I will see Col. Garber and try to get authority to hire sailing vessels. Very Respectfully E. J. Whittlesey Asst. Comssr. P.S. Your letter of the 20th just received. I will see Col. Garber at once. [[line across page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] 113 [[/preprinted]] 258 Bureau Refugees Freedmen &c. Hd. Qrs. Asst. Commissioner Raleigh, N. C. April 23", 1866. Phillips S. F. Esq. /264 Sir The case presented in your letter of the 19th inst. is certainly a very complicated one, and in my opinion it can be settled only by due process of law. The opinion of the Officer at Hillsboro cannot be sustained. I know of no law or principle of Equity that entitles the purchaser of the house to money or other personal property found therein. If Mr. Watson will proceed in the interests of the rightful heirs of house I assure you that there will be no interference by this Bureau, & that he shall have all the assistance that we can properly render to secure justice to all concerned. Very Respectfully E. Whittlesey Asst. Comssr. See L. R. - P.47 [[line across page]] 259 Bureau Refugees Freedmen &c. Hd. Qrs. Asst. Commissioner Raleigh, N. C. April 24" 1866. Steadman Maj. Genl. /262 Genl. I have the honor to reply to your question respecting farms cultivated by officers and Agents of this Bureau, that so far as my knowledge extends, no officer is engaged in cultivating farms. Some, myself one of the number, have assisted planters in hiring freedmen, and trying fairly the experiment of free labor, by loaning them money, and are thus indirectly interested in the cultivation of their farms. No officer is permitted to give his own time to the supervision of such farms. As to Agents, some of them are citizens of the State, who it is presumed, live upon and cultivate their own lands. Very Respectfully E. Whittlesey Asst. Comssr. [[line across page]]
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