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Bureau R.F. and A.L.
Hd Qrs 5th Sub Dist Va.
Sub Asst Comr May 7th 1868

Bvt. Brig. Genl. O. Bown
Asst. Com'r

General;
I have the honor to request that lieut. G.P. Sherwood A.S.A.C. in charge of the seventh division of this Sub. District be relieved from Bureau duty therein for the following reasons.

He is without any influence whatever, for you, over the freedmen in his division, and hence, entirely useless as a Bureau Officer.

I have long been convinced, from observation, that he has not the confidence or respect of the people for whose benefit he is supposed to be stationed where he is, and would respectfully submit whether the continuance of such an officer in the Bureau does not tend to