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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office Superintendent 1st District of Virginia.
Norfolk, Va., February 18th, 1867

Bvt Brig. Genl Orlando Brown
Act. Asst. Adjh, Genl.
Bureau R. F. & A.L.
Richmond, VA

Genl

In reply to your letter of the 15th inst. relative to the property of  I have the property of S.D. Reese belonged to and was the same property owned by S.D. Russ and restored to Wm R. Hanrihan an application and proof of title by virtue of S.O. no 51.  March 20th, 1866.  O did not drop the property untill I became fully satisfied that it, was the same as that restored to Wm R Hanrihan Wm Hanrihan had no other property at that time as his had been restored in December 1865.

Why if was not restored by my predecessor