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War Department
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen etc.
Washington Sept. 7, 1865.

Respectfully returned to Col. O. Brown Asst. Commr &c, Richmond, Va. If Mr. Schmaltz has received a special pardon, or has taken the oath under the President's Proclamation of May 29, 1865, being subject to none of the exceptions mentioned therein, his property should be returned, subject of course, to any rights which third parties may have gained from Government, and to the requirements of Circular No. 3, of May 22, 1865, from this Bureau.
By order of 
Major Genl. O. O. Howard,
Commissioner &c.
Wm Fowler
Asst. Adjt. Genl.
Rec'd Hd Qr. Asst. Commrs 9/10/65
(This property had been previously restored)