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[[stamp]] Sold by John C. Clark & Son, 230 Dock Street. Philadelphia. [[/stamp]]

Col. Caleb C. Sibley
Asst Commissioner Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Macon Ga

Colonel,
The undersigned Jane Bryan, widow and sole heir of Joseph Bryan late of the City of Savannah, and Miller B Grant Agent and Attorney in fact for the Estate of Dr B.A. White late of Milledgeville Ga, have the honor to state that they are owners of the land now and lately occupied by the "Lincoln Hospital for Freed People" in the extended limits of the City of Savannah Ga and as such to ask for the appointment of a proper board to investigate the value of their property so occupied, fix upon a just rent to be paid for the use of the same, and to reduce within the narrowest practicable limits the amount of their land so occupied.

By reference to the accompanying plan made by the Surveyor of said City the location of their lands will be seen, and it will appear that of the Estate of White's land and June Bryan's land are now used by said Hospital. They would respectfully observe that the erection and extension of this hospital and its grounds were made without any agreement or consultation with the owners, who viewing it as a temporary location have never protested