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To the Supt Freedmen's affairs, County of Eliz. City. the undersigned respectfully asks full possession of his lot in Hampton known as " The Gardens." The district court of the U.S. dismissed the libel against the property in January last, which recording to the decisions of the Head of the Bureau, excludes the U.States from all right of property, and entitles the owner to possession accordingly, he took possession shortly after and remained in possession, receiving rents

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