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To Col. Thomas Commanding &c

The undersigned a citizen of Warren County, Mississippi shows - that he is the owner of the lands described in the certificate hereto attached marked A. He has taken the Amnesty oath prescribed in the Proclamation of President Lincoln and of President Johnson. He has not voluntarily rendered aid to or assistance to the late rebellion, and did not voluntarily give up possession of said lands or abandon them, but they were taken possession of by the United States Authority without his consent.

He prays that said lands now in the possession of the Freedmans Bureau may be restored to him -

Geo. Messinger

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Edited: removed [[signature]] not required and typed actual signature