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Office Assistant Commissioner, State of Alabama,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned lands.
Montgomery, Ala, 25 Oct. 1865

Maj S. G. Knee
Prov Marshal Genl 
Dist of Montgomery 

Major 

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of papers in the case where Mrs Scott claims certain property and payment of a note executed by J W Lapsley for $500.
The case is one that should be attended to by this Bureau rather than by the military authorities proper.
The right of ownership by the man "Sam" in the property mentioned is indisputable, if the circumstances are as stated.
With your permission I will refer the papers to the agent of this Bureau at

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