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United Staes Custome Houre,
COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, 

Mobile, Nov. 29th 1865.

Genl. Swain [[Swayne]]
Comss'r Bureau Refugee, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Montgomery Ala

Dear Sir _

This will be handed you by my Agent C. Duval, Esqr., whom I have directed to call on you while in Montgomery.

Mr. Duval together with R. F Keeoth [[Keeth]], have had charge of captured Property, which property or its proceed, I am directed by the Treaty Dpt. to hand over to you. 

You have doubtless been informed that said property has been advertised for sale. It rests with you to determine whether it is best under the circumstances to proceed with the sale as advertised

Very Respectfully 
R.V. Montague
Collector

Transcription Notes:
General Wager Swayne, but here spelled "SWAIN" by someone not knowing the correct spelling. [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES.