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To.
J.F. Richardson
Asst Special Agent. Treas. Dept. Natchez Miss.

Your Petitioner, James Carradine, of said City, would respectfully so present:-

That, shortly after the occupation of this place by the Troops of the U.S., he voluntarily gave the use of his store upon a corner of Main and Pearl Streets in said City to a Quarter Master who received it as a courtesy and not by virtue of any order, authority or claim:- That, upon the Quarter Master vacating the Store, it was taken possession of by a Mr Smith representing himself as acting as a Rental Agent:- That, there then being no Agent of the Treasury Department here, he made application for its restoration to Genl Tuttle, at the time in Military Command, who, upon a showing similar to that herein after set forth, granted the application, and that Judge Wm. Burnet, who was the First Rental Agent under the Treasury Department here, confirmed the restoration of the Store and disclaimed all claim upon it.

Your Petitioner would Further show that, after said restoration of the store, he continued in undisturbed possession of it until December 1864 when S. H. Concannon Agent of J. F. Richardson demanded that its rents should be paid over to him, and your petitioner now no longer receives the same.

Your Petitioner would further state that he has lived in Natchez thirty five years, that he was ever a friend of the Union and opposed to secessions which he evinced by voting against those candidates who contemplated it.

Your Petitioner would state that when the Confederate Authorities heralded forth a design to confiscate all debts due by Southern Merchants to Northern, he hastened to pay those of his own amounting to between Fifty and Sixty Thousand Dollars, and thereby exhausting his pecuniary means.

Transcription Notes:
I believe it is J. F. Richardson, not L. F. Richardson. It is clearly a J. on page 10. The only capital L I could find is on the next page of this letter ("Lincoln") and is distinctly different in appearance.