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property to Capt. or Maj. Constable, a Q.M.M. the U.S. army that said constable actually had in his possession the keys with a view to take possession as lessee of said premises, when he was unexpectedly removed from this post.

Your petitioner further showeth that immediately there after the said property was seized by the military authorities of the United States, acting as she was then informed under orders from Maj. McKee Provost Marshall of the city & was for a long time used as a recruiting office. This was a long time anterior to the time noted on the record in the Fredman's Bureau. The property was subsequently used as a hospital. She was informed and verily believes that it was so taken and used through military necessity. 
Your petitioner further showeth that on or about the 13th of Feby 1864, she took the Oath of honesty as prescribed by the late President Lincoln in his proclamation of December 1863, that about the same time she received from Col. A.K. Johnson Commanding the Post, an order for the restoration of the property also from the rental agent an order permitting her to receive the rents of said property that Dr. Kelly health officer