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Head Quarters Freedmens Bureau 
Columbia Ga  Dec 8" 1865 

Genl -

Sir 

Permit me to make a brief statement to you in reference to property now in hands of Gutcher & Co it consists of Shed & Shop that was built by the Confederate government. Major Gray can explain to you the condition of the property. I have been investigating the matter, and I would say that the shed is 80 ft long. The shed in the first place was built by Gutcher & Co and after the Rebs took possession of it, they put one story on top of it which makes it two stories high. The shop I find by investigation was built by Gutcher & Co. but the confederate government put a new roof on it & put twenty feet addition on the end of it. This is about the condition of the building. They have offered me five hundred dollars to settle the matter. I told them I could not do anything about it, until I heard from you. They also said that governor Johnson told them not to pay any-thing for they could hold it. That it could not be taken down without damage to the private property 

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