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Major Genl. O.O Howard
Superintendant Freedmans Bureaux

Genl
I have the honor to state that the following named property willed to my wife by her deseased mother Mrs Anne M Ogden has been improperly taken possession of by irresponsible persons and being desirous that you should take possession of the same for the uses and purposes of the United States I respectively give you permission to take possession of said property for the uses and purposes of your Bureaux 
The property consists of a residence known as Routhland situated in Adams County Mississippi near Natchez lately ocupied by F. E. Ogden  
Also the Plantation known as Wyoming in Tensas Parish on Lake St Joseph Louisiana
I remain your very obedient Servant
P. Clayton Pendleton
Washington
May 19th 1868

Transcription Notes:
Tensas Parish, in St. Joseph, LA. Wyoming Plantation. Routhland Plantation.