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Office Bureau R F & A L
Sub Dist of Vicksburg Miss
Vicksburg Oct. 8th 1867

Capt. J W Sunderland VRC
A A A Gen B R F & A L for Miss

Captain
In complyance with paragraph I circular. 10. Current Series. Hd Qrs. Bur. R F & A L. for Miss. I have the honor to transmit the following report. I have been able to visit but few Plantations in addition to those reported last month
I have continued - however - my efforts by enquiring & all means at my disposal to procure information from more remote sections of my Sub. Dist. The result is much the same as before reported
Freedmen have very correct ideas on the Subject of registering & voting & have, all, so far as I have been able to learn, registered.
I have also made it a point to give them general information on the subjects of registering & voting.
I have not been able