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get it. The long house is still used as a small pox hospital & has several cases in it now. Upon the recpt of your letter I called upon Maj Pierce & asked him if he had an order from Genl Swayne to give you possession he said he had not, only an order, to investigate the matter, which says he has done & only waits for an order for the property to taken from the Q.M. papers & then thinks there will be no doubt of my getting full possession, but so long as the long buildings is used for a small pox hospital the property cannot be rented or sold.  This is the situation now. Maj Pierce appears to be perfectly willing to do all he can to have the matter adjusted.
Yours truly
T.G. Cornish