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Bureau R.F. and A. Lands,
Office of A.S.A. Com'r 1st Div 3 Sub Dist V
Richmond Va 27 May 1867

Lieut Paul R Hambrick
Actg Sub Asst Com'r 3d Sub Dist Va.

Lieut.

I have the honor respectfully to bring before your notice, the unjust decisions rendered by Mr. J.H. Gentry, a Magistrate of Chesterfield County Va (residing at Manchester.)

The colored people of that section evince a great reluctance on bringing their cases before him, as he almost invariably decides adversely towards them -

I cite three cases of his decisions in which I think injustice has been rendered.

On or about the 1st Inst, Adelaide Cheetham col'd, whilst passing through Manchester following her daily avocation of selling "Light-wood", and crying out such for sale 

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__ __ __ represents unknown ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-10-11 10:08:01 to correct "col'd"... when the d is small, separate it from the rest of the word with an apostrophe. It helps differentiate [col'd for colored] from [cold meaning not warm]