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WILLIAM B. HILL ATTORNEY AT LAW AND COMMISSIONER for ALL THE STATES AND TERRITORIES To take ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DEEDS,DEPOSITION,PROOF OF ACCOUNTS, and TESTIMONY to be used or recorded in any of the States, Territories, or Courts in the United States. Office Hours from 8 A.M to 5 P.M OFFICE North-East Corner Fayette and St. Paul Sts. Baltimore, Md. 10th July 1871 Brig General O O Howard Commd" Bureau Refugees F,&A.L. Washington, D.C. General, In reply to your communication of the 7 inst. in reference to State Bounty claim of Elizabeth Posey, I have the honor to state that I collected $50. the Final State Bounty from the controller, on the 13th December 1866 and sent claimant a certified check for $45 on the 14th Dec 66. under cover to Wm" Boswell Esg of Port Tobacco Md. My fee was $5. The Original State Bounty ($250 if free on rolls or $50 if slave) I did not collect; nor do I know to whom it was paid. The comptroller would supply this information. Am, very respectfully. Your obedient servant. Wm B Hill 4026. D.D.