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Meadville Jan the 29th 1866
Mr Howard sir
I have one hundred and sixty acres of land in Jackson County Arkansas pattented to Leonard Wheeler the 26th day of April 1836 under Andrew Jackson President being the [[strikethrough]] south [[/strikethrough]] north west quarter of section twenty three of township ten North in range four west being military Bounty land at date of patentin the teritory of Arkansas land warrant deported in the land office in favor of Leonard Wheeler numbered 26,221  I have not paid any taxes on said land since the rebelion commenced and have had no receipts for [[two?]] that I forwarded to the collector for 2 or 3 years before the rebellion  I wright to you to know the amount of taxes and where to pay them or if not under your direction where to apply  I am willing to pay all taxes unpaid up to date of warrant  I write to Gen Howard freedmans Bureau for information & please oblige to answer  Joseph Larimer
Meadville Crawford County Pennsylvania