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To Bt: Brig: Genl: O. Brown
Asst: Com: Bu: R.F.&A.L. State Va. 
The petition of Margaret A. Williams respectfully showeth: that she is the owner of a House & lot in Gosport, a part of the City,  of Portsmouth, in the state of Virginia, located at Lincoln Street, as will appear by original Deed, marked A.  That the said property has never been libeled, as will appear by certificate of the Clerk of the U. States Dis: Court of Virginia, marked B. That she does not come within any of the exceptions of the Presidents proclamation of May 29th, 1865, and that she has taken & subscribed the oath of Amnesty prescribed in said proclamation. See exibit C. In consideration of the foregoing premises, your petitioner respectfully prays, that the aforesaid property may be restored to her & she will ever pray &c. 

Margaret A. Williams.  

State of Virginia
City of Portsmouth, to wit:
I, D.J. Godwin, a Notary 

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