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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen &c
Office of Supt. 9th Dist. State of Va
Fort Monroe Va February 21st 1866

Circular No 1
The attention of Asst. Supt. in Dist. No 9. Va is invited to the fact that large numbers of Freedmen within their sub-districts are without employment, and the necessity of urging them to rent lands, or enter into contracts to labor for a term of months with owners of lands, for a fair and equitable compensation.
It is the duty of the Asst. Supts. to protect and assist the Freedmen in making contracts, holding them to a faithful fulfillment of the same, and to see that they are not defrauded nor imposed upon by their employers, holding them also to a strict and faithful fulfillment of their part of the contract.
No contract will be considered as binding which has not been approved and recorded