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Sub Dist of Montgomery
Bureau Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands
Montgomery Ala Oct 31st 1868

Col Edwin Beecher
Assistant Commissioner
State of Alabama Bureau &c
Montgomery Ala

Colonel;

I have the honor to submit the following "General Report of Bureau and Freedmens Affairs" in this Sub District for the month of October 1868 Viz-

The greatest trouble among the Employers and Freedmen that has become a source of complaint during the month, is that the Employers have not made the necessary just and equitable settlement with the Laborers.  In many cases the Employer has received the crop, and sold the same, without the knowledge or consent of the Laborer, thereby, defrauding them of their just portion.

I am happy to state, that there is connected with my duties in this Office, the Office of Notary Public; and can assure you that when such cases as this

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