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Scottsburg Halifax Co. Va, Sept. 23, 1865. To Col. O. Brown Chief of the Freedmens Bureau Dear Sir I have - living in my family - my wife's niece Miss Margaret Ann Pierce - only child of Mr Joseph Pierce Dec. late of Portsmouth Va. The property of Mr Pierce was confiscated to the Government & I am now informed that it is about to be restored to the legal heirs of Mr Pierce; who left this only child of his first marriage, now nearly 19 yrs of age, & his widow Mrs Sallie Pierce (who was his second wife). The object therefore of this note is to inform you of the just claims of his daughter & to ask your interest in her behalf. Very Respectfully &c (Rev.) Geo. G. Exall. P.S. The property left by Mr Pierce was in part the maidens property of Miss Margaret's own mother. G.G.E
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