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L S B. 10 P. 108 Office Sub Asst Commr B of R F and A L Richmond Texas Jany 3, 1867 Col Wm H Sinclair Sub Asst Commr Colonel: I have the honor to report that since I have assumed the duties of this Office in last mouth, that I have been busily engaged in making settlements - That the freedpeople are entering again into Contracts but are very slow about it The cause is that some of them are not satisfied in receiving the third, but desire to obtain the ½ but, this cold weather that we are now having make them decide to enter into contracts at once