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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office, 1st. Div., 1st Sub-District, Va.

Norfolk Va. September 30th 1867

Bvt Brig Gen O Brown
Asst COmr
General
   In compliance with Circular No 12 c.s. from Head Quarters Asst Comr State of  Virginia I have the honor to report that I arrested and held to bail in the sum of (1500) fifteen hundred dollars on August 30th 1867 John H Shivers a resident and Magistrate of Isle of Wright County Va. Charged with Assault and Battery on the person of Daniel Rodgers Freedman a resident of Portsmouth Va.
The Evidence in the case has been forwarded to the Commanding General for such dispisition as he deem proper.
Very respectfully
Your obt Servt
Ed. Murphy
1st Lieut V.R. C. Asst. Sub Asst Comr

Through  Hd Qurs 1st Sub Dist Va