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War Department
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, September 27 1867

Brevet Lieutenants Colonel S. P. Lee,
Sub Assistant Commissioner .,
Alexandria, Virginia.
 
Colonel,
The Commissioner during information as to the title by which the Government holds the Alington Estate. I believe it is derived from a sale for the special Land Tax. Will you place a call upon the Collector or the Assessor, of both, of the Internal Revenue for your District, and ascertain, if possible, how the matter stands? 
The sale was, I think, in 1862 or 1863.; if you cannot get the derived information there, perhaps the U.S. District Attorney can inform you where we may obtain it.
Please give this your early attention
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