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073[[?]] W 254 (R., F., & A.L. Vol 15,) 1869. Washington DC November 1st, 1869. War Department Hon W.W. Belknap Secretary, Refers for report communication of W.H. Brisbane U.S. Tax Comr. S.C. Beaufort S.C. asking that the U.S. Dist. Atty be instructed to defend certain ejectment suits brought against freedmen who hold lands in St. Helena Parish S.C. under sale from the Govt of the U.S. on Tax titles file File [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] WRAPPER (Enclosures.) Received Bureau R., F., & A.L., Nov 2nd, 1869. Depts 786 EB 20 WAR DEPARTMENT, Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Washington, Nov. 2d, 1869. Respectfully forwarded to Hon. Secretary of War with request that application be made for the services of the the U.S. District Atty. in defending these freedmen from manifest injustice as within set forth. Henry M Whittelsey AA.A. General In the absence of the Commissioner