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according to present prices it will be found to be much less than that amount.
I respectfully submit therefore if it is not unjust that I should be annoyed and prevented from the full control and disposition of my property when I challenge any showing that I am within any of the restrictions mentioned in the Presidents late Amnesty proclamation.
Having taken the Amnesty oath and by affidavit satisfied the officer administering it I contend I am entitled to full protection for my property untill it appear my affidavit is untrue
I ask therefore Colonel that you will direct Col Donaldson to desist from any further pretension of claim or take any control of my property as property seized & liable to confiscation
I also send herewith that you be fully advised a list of all property purchased and sold by me since January 1861 if my sales of this property which now affects parties holding under me be declared void I respectfully