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Office Sub. Asst. Com'r. Bur. R.F. & A. L. Greenville Miss Sept 1st 1867 A.A.A.G. Bur. R.F. & A.L. Vicksburg, Miss Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith monthly report of the condition of the Freedmen in the Sub district of Greenville for the month of August 1867. [[left margin]]Number of freedpeople in the district[[/left margin]]There are about twenty thousand freed people in this Sub district. [[left margin]]Their condition[[/left margin]] Their condition is generally as good as could be expected and those of them who work for regular wages are well paid and those who work for a portion of the crop generally get as much as they are entitled to. [[left margin]]Nature of the Contracts [[/left margin]]The most of the contracts for the present year are made for a part of the crop and where the crops are very short they will of course have very little money at the end of the year. [[left margin]]Sick & suffering [[/left margin]]I know of none at present who are sick, old and infirm who are suffering from want.