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Hampton Va Dec 7th 1865
Capt. C. B. Wilder
Superintendent Bureau of Refugees, Freedman and Abandon Lands

Captain,
In compliance of general order No. 19- I would state that the certificate from the clerk of the court furnished shows that the property claimed was purchased at confiscation sale from the United States government and consequently cannot be on the books as condemned or seized.
I would further state that I do not come within the requirements