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Office Act'g Commissioner Bureau Freedman, &c., FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI, Natchez, Miss., January 14, 1866 Lieutenant:-- I am with holding the order restoring to "City Hotel" property, for the present for the reason that one of the parties has obstinately refused to pay me rent. If I give of the property, I will have no way to collect. I have notified him to pay on Monday or I will close his store. Can I seize his property and sell it for the rent? Please answer at once. Very Respectfully, W.M.[?] Gen. D. Reynolds Maj. & AAC.[[?]] S.D. Miss. Lt. S. Eldridge AAA Genl.