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0599

To Major General O O Howard, commissioner of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands_
Washington, D.C._

Sir_
The undersigned, Abra'm F. Leonard, of Norfolk, Virginia, respectfully represents that he is the owner of certain houses & lots in the said city of Norfolk_ the rents of which have for some time past been received by an agent, or agents, of the Treasury department. He is anxious to obtain a restoration of his said property & has been informed that he should communicate with you upon the subject. 

The undersigned has never been in the civil, or military service, or employment of the enemies of the United States, or done any act by which he should have forfeited possession of his property under the laws_  That for nearly eight years past, he has been an invalid, from chronic inflammation of the knees, & has been, & is still, unable to walk about without crutches. That on account of his physical condition, he was unable to give personal

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