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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, viz: Nos 22, 23 & 24 Bank street, 26 West Freemason Street, 14 Williams Street, 111 South Church Street, 3 small tenements on the North side of Charlotte Street, one undivided half of Nos 17, 19 & 21 Main Street, & one undivided fourth of Nos 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 & 20 Talbot Street, 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 property, & has been informed that he should communicate with you upon the subject.

The undersigned has never been in the military, or civil 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

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