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giving any claim upon the Government, for damages or rents, which may have occured prior to the pardon of the President.
You are authorized to make such arrangements for the protection and comfort of the freedmen on the above property, as may be just and satisfactory.
By order of
Major General O.O. Howard
Commissioner &c,
Wm Fowler
Asst. Adjt. Gen.