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City Point Aug 7 1865
Claus Trede
Applies for possession of a frame house and lot at City Point Pr. George Co Va which is his property.

Aug 7th 1865
Respectfully forwarded to Capt Stuart Barnes Supt Dist of the Nottoway with certificate of oath allegiance
William Hedges, Capt & Asst Supt Freedmens Bureau

Bureau Refugees Freedmen &c
Office Supt Dist Nottoway
Petersburg V Aug 18 1865
Respectfully returned to Capt Hedges
In this, and in all subsequent Claims for property which may be forwarded to you, before transmitting to this office, you will first thoroughly investigate the case, and to the circumstances connected with the abandonment of the property, the status of the claimant, the condition of, and how the property s used.
These rules will be strictly observed to avoid the return of so many papers to your office for investigation.
Stuart Barnes
Capt and AQM
Supt Dist Nottoway

E.B. P.P. 18