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Head Quarters
Peninsula District 
Aug 8th 1865

Respectfully forwarded with the opinion that this application should be adjudged favorably to Mr Waller - My judgement is that to return this Land to the original owner would not be detrimental to [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] its present colored occupants, but that it would be the means of giving employment to others, as the owner would be entreated in cultivating more of the ground
BC Ludlow 
Bvt Brig Gen 

Waller, R.P. 
Williamsburg, Va. 

Application for restoration of property. 
(4 Enclosures.)