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No. 50 
Office of Superintendent of freedmen, 
Charleston, S.C., Mar 22 1865. 
In accordance with Major General Sherman's Order, No. 15, permission is hereby granted to Neptune Finley to take possession of and occupy forty acres of land, situated in St Andrew's Parish, Island of James and being a part of what was formerly known as Lawton's plantation. 
By order of BREVET MAJOR GENERAL RUFUS SAXTON. 
G.Pillsbury
Govt. and General Superintendent of Freedmen.