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stoped and that we may be allowed to appropriate the small portion left [[strikethrough]]to[[/strikethrough]]at the landing to our own use, which is about one or two hundred cords  We desire to sow wheat this month & to make an effort to subsist through the coming winter & the use of the wood would be of great importance to us as we are without the means to farm at this time being entirely dependant on our relatives

On or about the third of this month our dwelling house was fired and burned by some one of the colored people living there Our stock, furniture, farming utensils, etc. have been scattered about though the peninsula by persons residing in that section, some is in charge of the Burow. We entered the Confederate army at the beginning of the war & was taken prisoner before the fall of Richmond & confined at Point Lookout soon after our arrival there we registered our names to take the amnesty oath & on the 15th of June '65 we were allowed to take the oath. we understanding that our property would be restored to us. but so far we have not received one dollars worth. We have made similar application but have herd nothing from it. We do not come under any of the exceptions made in the President Proclamation of May 29th, '65. We most respectfully ask that the above named property may be returned to us, Yr Obt servents
"W.C." Miner
Sam H. Miner
Williamsburg Va
Sept 25th, 1865

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-04-12 13:02:45 missing NARA# added missing strikethrough W. C. Miner, not W.G. Miner