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men to the truth of the above statements, but presume it is unnecessary to trouble any of them, as my Relatives in Norfolk can easily satisfy you of the Sincerity of my impression of sentiments. I enclose however, a pass , which I happen to have at hand, as a kind of Certificate-

I think we ought to be allowed Rent for the Warehouses in question. I have seen many ex-Rebels here receive their property from the military authorities & the Freedman's Bureau on Exhibition of their Amnesties & pardons, & have known many to receive rent for houses still held for military use. Some of our member need the money sadly, as for instance my brother, my aunt Lilian B. Miller & the heirs of my Uncle Beu. McPhail who are minors.  One of us my uncle, Rev. Geo. Wm McPhail, was when the rebellion began a clergyman in Easton Pa. whence he went to Philadelphia to take charge of a Female school & he has only very recently gone to Norfolk. I was not in correspondence with him, but in Aug '64 in Philadelphia he told me that he regards the war as God's dispensation to destroy slavery, from which remark some inference may be drawn respecting his sentiments. I have never troubled the authorities with [[strikethrough]] my [[/strikethrough]] any Petitions for Rent before, because I live at a distance & have not needed the money & I was willing the Govt. should keep my share as my contribution to the war against secession. But everyone is

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