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Bureau of Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands
Head Quarters Assistant Commissioner State North Carolina
Raleigh N.C. October 25" 1866.

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[[written to left of large curly bracket]]Special Order
[[underline]]No. 135.[[/underline]]
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II II II _____ Par  I  Special Order No 125. C. S. from these Head Qrs. are hereby modified.  The property claimed by [[underline]]Isaac C Meekins[[/underline]] and others, as heirs to the estate of [[underline]]Esther Meekins[[/underline]], deceased, on Roanoke Island, will be restored to them, with the understanding that the [[underline]]U. S.  Government[[/underline]] retain possession of and remove of advisable such buildings erected upon that property , by the said U.S. Govern't. and the National Freedmen Relief Association of New York.
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By Command of [[double underline]]Bvt. Maj Gen. Robinson[[/double underline]]
Jacob F Chur
Capt and A. A. A. Gen'l
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H Hillebrandt
Capt. V.R.C.[[/footnote]]