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War Department Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Washington, August 15th 1865.. Brig Gen. Wager Swayne Assistant Commissioner &c Montgomery, Ala. General: I am directed by Maj. Gen. Howard, Commissioner to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 1st. instant, requesting that a certain plantation situated in Montgomery County, Ala, and formerly owned by Thomas Judkins, be set apart for the use of this Bureau, and to say that the property referred to will be thus set apart. Very Respectfully, Your Obedient Servant, Wm Fowler Bvt. Maj. and Asst. Adjt. Gen.
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