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Petersburg. Va. Dec 18th 1865

Capt Stuart Barnes.
AssT Quarter Master.
and Supt 2nd District.

Captain
I have the honor to report. That in accordance with instructions received at the Hd. Qrs. 2nd District. That I proceeded at once to Farmville Va. as that place has been spoken of as containing much of the "Incendiary Element" in question. Considerable excitement was prevailing amongst all classes on the account of the Police Seizing the arms from the Colored People on the Sunday night previous, and fears was entertained by some of the Old People, that the Freedmen would revenge themselves by a general inserection. 
But the young men scouted the Idea, as being preposterous.
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