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Hampton Va. Oct. 13th 1866 To the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia Bureau Refugees, Freedmen &c Richmond, Va Sir: The undersigned serving Members of the Board of Trustees of the Methodist Protestant Church in the Town of Hampton in the State of Virginia respectfully ask to be restored the possession of a lot of land on [[?]][[?]] in said Town belonging to said Denomination and upon which previous to the late War a House of Worship stood, the object of its restoration is to enable the remaining members of said Denomination to build a Church. Very Respectfully William Trumbull F. W. Jett C L Smith Surviving Members of the Branch of Minister M. P. Church
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