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HEADQUARTERS
District of} BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED LANDS. {Mississippi.
OFFICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER,
FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
Vicksburg, Miss., October 9th, 1866.

Major Genl O.O. Howard,
Commissioner Bureau R.F. and A.L.
Washington, D.C.

General,

I have the honor to report the operations of the Bureau R.F. and A.L, State of Mississippi for the month of September, 1866. 

District of Brookhaven,-
Embracing Lawrence, Pike, Amite, Covington and Marion Counties.-

Capt and Brevet Lieut Col, W.H. Eldridge, Veteran Reserve Corps, in charge, reports numerous complaints made by the Freedmen in that district respecting arms taken from them, and one instance of an attempt

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Missing some [[?]] to complete. 2nd transcriber here: not very many! Good work :) 3rd: please use capital letters where needed