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application for restoration of the land, but she is not aware of any opportunity having been afforded her by Lieut. Hite for so doing. She says that Lieut. Hite asked Mr. John J. Blackstone to call at his office, saying that he had The Tunnell papers and wished him to see them; he, Blackstone, called the next morning and Lieut. Hite told him he could not find the papers, that he had seen them somewhere and supposed it must have been at Capt. Flagg's office that he saw them, but that he would look again; she, afterwards, stopped at Lieut. Hite's office and got Mr. Blackstone to go in and see him again, and he said he knew nothing of the papers, but was going to Norfolk in a few days and would inquire of Capt. Flagg for them; on his return he told Mr. Blackstone the papers had been returned to Col O. Brown's office. It is to be regretted that any misunderstanding or confusion has arisen in reference to this matter. Mrs. Tunnell desires you to be obliging as to see Col O. Brown and ascertain the precise nature of the difficulty, if any, lying in the way of the restoration of the land, and to hear from you upon the subject.
Most respectfully, 
Yours truly, 
John W. H. Parker.