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A great deal of stealing is going on caused by the scarcity of corn & meat quite a large number have been arrested, sent on for trial & bailed out by their friends among the Freedmen but I think it very probable that white men are engaged in the stealing of the corn & meat as well as Freedmen for among the poor there is a great scarcity as well among whites as blacks. Respectfully Your Obt Servt. C.P. Goodyear A.S.A.C. 3d Div. 3d Sub Dist. Va Bureau of R.F.& A Lands
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Reopened for Editing 2023-12-08 10:29:45
to correct the "+" to "&" and to correct the name to C.P. Goodyear (Per SI: KING WILLIAM COURTHOUSE
July 1867–Dec. 1868
Assistant Superintendent C. P. Goodyear (3rd Division, 3rd Subdistrict)