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0108

Portsmouth Va. 
Sept 5th 1865

Maj. Gen. Howard
Sir
Being engaged in my Profession and in consequence, finding it difficult to make the application in person, and having a warm friend in the person of Mrs Annie Kimball (Rev. Jno. Kimball's Lady) I have solicited her to make application for me for the release of a certain tract of land lying and situate in the Co. of Northampton Eastern Shore of Va. near Johnsontown, supposed to contain about 253 acres which was taken by Edward Hartley Asst Special Agent Treasury Department as abandoned property Jan 1st