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Lexington Miss
September 5th/"67

Barry, H.W.
Agent Bu. R.F. and A. L.

Submits reports for August 1867. Reports similar to report of July. No of Freedman in Dist 15751.
Condition of the Freedman not good but improving rapidly  Poorly payed for their work.  Contracts for part of the crop. this year. No old sick or infirm suffering that he knows of.  No Rations issued.  Schools only one in Dist.  Marital relations good.  Disposition of the Whites unkind toward the Col people. Complaints numerous but trivial Out Rages few. State Laws administered impartially