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A.286. R.F. & A.L. Va. 3d Vol. 1866.
B.R.F. and A. Lands.
Office Asst. Supt. Nansemond Co.
Suffolk Va 30th June 1866.

Stone Brvt. Maj. J.R.
Asst. Supt.

Makes statement of outrages committed in Nansemond Co. against the Freedmen by citizens and asks that he be given authority to immediately reopen his court, of conciliation.

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[[stamp]] STATE OF VIRGINIA. BUREAU OF R.F & A.L. RECD. HD. QRS. ASST. COMMISSIONER. JUL 5 1866 [[/stamp]]

B.R.F and A. Lands
Office Supt. 1st Dist of Va.
Norfolk Va. 3d July 1866.

Respectfully referred to Brvt Brig. Gen. O. Brown. A.A.A.G. whose attention is respectfully invited to the within statements. I would suggest that, in view of the condition of affairs in Nansemond Co. a guard be detailed for duty in this Dist. to report to Brvt. Maj. J.R. Stone, at Suffolk Va.

Wm. P. Austin
Capt. A.A.Q.M. and Supt. 1st Dist.

E.B "G" P.35. 7.3.66.

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Transcription Notes:
Nansemond is an extinct jurisdiction that was located south of the James River in Virginia Colony and in the Commonwealth of Virginia (after statehood) in the United States, from 1646 until 1974. It was known as Nansemond County until 1972. From 1972 to 1974, a period of eighteen months, it was the independent city of Nansemond. It is now part of the independent city of Suffolk.