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Norfolk, Sept. 30th 1865

Col. O. Brown
Asst Commissioner
Bureau of Freedmen

Sir
I beg leave to notify you that I received from the President of the United States a Warrant of Pardon dated the 10th day of September 1865 and accepted by me on the 20th of the same month as will appear by the papers herewith exhibited and I therefore ask for the restoration of all my property now held or claimed by the Bureau of Refugees & Freedmen in [[strikethrough]] this [[/strikethrough]] the District of Eastern Virginia so far as the jurisdiction of said Bureau extends.

I exhibit herewith proofs of my title to the property which as I understand is subject to your order viz:

1st  Three Stores head of Market Square in the City of Norfolk now occupied by H. G. Stewart as a BookStore W. N Nichols & Co as a Grocery Store and F. Gottsberger

2.  House No 26 Catharine Street Norfolk now occupied by the U.S. Provost Marshal and your Agents Bureau

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