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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, Sept. 27th, 1865.

Brig. Genl. Davis Tillson
Actg. Asst. Commissioner, LC.
Augusta, Georgia.

General:
Mrs. Charlotte S. Cheves, of Savannah, Ga. having received a special pardon from the President of the United States, you are hereby directed to restore, so far as the jurisdiction of this Bureau extends over it, the property formerly owned by her, which you now hold as abandoned or confiscable.

This property will be returned subject to the requirements of Circular No. 3. current series, from this Bureau, and on condition that present lessees, if there are any, be allowed to