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HEADQUARTERS, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, }
South Carolina, Georgia [[strikethrough]] and Florida, [[/strikethrough]] }

Beaufort, S.C. Sept 8th 1865.

General.
I have the honor to enclose a copy of a letter which I have received from Maj Gen'l Meade. I have been a little at a loss as to my own duty in the premises, but presuming that Gen'l Meade has authority for what he is doing, and particularly as he has issued orders to the military authorities to enforce his request, I have respected it and the seizure of abandoned property is suspended. Since your