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War Department Bureau. R.F. and A.L, Washington. Aug. 16. 1865 Respectfully returned. This church property could not well be confiscated on account of disloyalty to those who hold it in trust for other persons The Trustees are not the owners of the property. They have not a vested interest. The only legal remedy is to take the case into a Court of Chancery, and have new Trustees appointed, of if free colored people can hold property under the laws as they now exist, have it transferred to them by deed of the the Trustees This of course in case that the freedmen subscribed for, and are the real owners of, the property. By order of Maj. Genl. O. O. Howard. Commissioner, &c. Wm Fowler Bvt. Major & Asst. Adjt. Genl. L.R.-B17.-EB.-26. Recd Bu RF&AL July 22/65 2.B. 199, Rcd Hd Qrs A.C Richd Aug 1865
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