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War Department, Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Office Ass't Com. for Ky., Tenn., and North Ala. [[strikethrough]] Nashville [[/strikethrough]] Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 30th 1866 Maj Genl C B Fisk Genl I have the honor most respectfully to ask for instructions on the following point Two colored men have a Suit in the Circuit Court The Court renders a verdict in favor of Plaintiff for 117 Dolls & cost — Defendant pleads no property but such as the law allows him 2 Horses 1 Wagon 1 Cow pigs &c &c & the Sheriff reports on an order to seize & sell no property — Question — Can I seize a part of this property to pay the 117 Dollars — The debt was for 8 months labor as a Blacksmith last Year — I am General Your Obt Servt John Seage Supt F & AL If an answer can be sent by tomorrow it will be a great relief to me