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pay no rent, as he does not find registered, the names of any who do not cultivate land. He asks that he be allowed to demand and collect a reasonable rent from these.

The undersigned presents an application for the restoration of the lands described for the reasons assigned, and respectfully submits it.

Robert Saunders

The undersigned does not see anything improper in requesting, further, that he be allowed to receive a portion of the rent in kind, for the present year, due from the freedmen as above recited - viz - that proportion thereof which may be due from the time when he first made claim for his land; the more especially as he has returned destitute of such supplies.

Respectfully submitted
Robert Saunders