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Head Quarters Dept of the Potomac
Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and A. Lands
Act. Inspector General's office Richmond Va, March 8th 1867.

Bvt: Brig: General O. Brown
A.A.A. General,

General,

I have the honor to make the following report of my late inspection in the Ninth District.

The unsatisfactory condition of affairs at Staunton has been described in a special report submitted herewith.

The administration of justice at that point by the local authorities does not seem liable to objection.  When the Bureau Courts were in operation the Circuit Court advised its officers to serve the process of the former tribunal, and now the freedmen appear to receive fair trials.  This remark applies to the town of Staunton not to the rural parts of the Sub District.

The general condition of the freedmen is good and they seem to be more than usually intelligent and thriving.  But little destitution prevails.

The schools are not in as prosperous a conditions as formerly.  That conducted by Miss Leavitt is a school for white children who do not compare favorably in point of intelligence or proficiency with the colored children of the same age in other schools I have visited.  The teachers state that the colored children are more intelligent than those in other sections where they have taught. 

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