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0599 EB 45 Yorktown Va December 18th 1865 H.H. Curtis Petitions for certain house at Fort Magruder Office Asst Supt R F & A L Yorktown Va Dec 18th 1865 Respectfully forwarded to Capt C.B. Wilder A Q M Supt Bureau R F & A L 9th Dist. The petitioner does not designate the house he claims as his, there is a house outside the Fort on Mr Saunders land occupied by a colored family which I have no doubt is the one he refers to, the head of the family is a carpenter and has fitted the house up at considerable expense to himself. If this is the house he claims and it can be allowed to remain I would recommend that the occupant be allowed to retain it until wanted by the Government R Churchill Asst Supt Bureau R F & A L over