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0158 The farm was reported by me as abandoned. because the owner thereof residing from choice within the rebel lines was presumptively disloyal & engaged in assisting the rebellion; and because also her managing Agent being an officer in the rebel army, & her tenant having died in 1864, the farm was actually abandoned in fact- The farm has never been reported for confiscation- Very respy Edward Hartley Special Agent Treas Dept Maj Wm P Lord } Ass't Superintendent Va }