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0101 Harpers Ferry Nov 27th 1865 Major Gen Howard Chief of Freedmans Beaureau Gen I have the honor most respectfully to ask for the restoration of my property situated in the town of Harpers Ferry at the head of Shenandoah Street, urging as a reason 1st my age being four score (& upwards) precludes all possibility of interference in political questions 2d I never abandoned my property but left it in care of a tenant who from some cause was removed from the premises by the Military. Trusting these reasons will substantiate the justice of my claim I remain Gen most respectfully Your obt Servant. Catharine Rokenbaugh