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Petersburg Va. Sept 11, 1865
Col Brown
Chf. Freedman's Bureau
Richmond Va.

Sir:
I filed in the office of your asst. at Norfolk on 6th Inst. an application for a restoration of the property belonging to the Est of Mrs Mary Anne Schoolfield seized or abandoned at Portsmouth. I have qualified as Executor of the Estate in the Court of this city, where my mother died. I claim the return of the property under the 3d Section of Circular 13, issued by Genl. Howard, July 28. 1865. My mother never