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M. 31. FBSM-1865
Natchez Miss.
Aug 23d 1865.
Megiox (Benoist) Justine

Petitions that her dwelling house in the City of Natchez be returned to ber
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LR. No 27 -E.B. 8

OFFICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, FREEDMEN'S BUREAU,
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
Vicksburg, Miss., August 28th 1865.
Respectfully forwarded to Major Genl O O Howard Commissioner Bureau R F and A.L. with the recommendation that the property be returned, as not being "Abandoned" int the sense contemplated by Act of Congress of date July 24 1864
{E&M 40-1865} Saml Thomas
COLONEL AND ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER,
Freedmen's Bureau, State of Miss.