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0283

York County, Oct 9th 1865

Col. O. Brown,

The undersigned wishes to state [[?]] that he is the owner of a farm in the County of York and State of Va and being desirous of getting possession of the said farm he beggs that you will give him all the assistance that is necessary to give him possession of the same. That the said property is in possession of the Freedman's Bureau and in U States Court for confiscation, and is to be brought up before the court on the 1st Monday in Nov. And I desire further to state that I have never taken any part in the Confederate Cause neither Military or Civil and that I never assisted the "Confederacy" in any way whatsoever, and I wish further to state that I am the owner of some stock, horses & [[illegible]] cattle farming utensils, buggy & house furniture, which

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