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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen & A L Office A.S. Asst. Comr. 3d Div 2 Sub Dist. Va. Lawrencevill Va. July 31st 1868 Bvt. Brig. Genl O Brown Asst Comr Richmond Va Colonel, I have the honor to submit herewith the following statements of facts regarding the arrest and alleged charges therefor, hearing and committal to jail of Dr W W Lewis, a teacher of a colored school in Brunswick County, which have occurred since my report regarding the same matter submitted the 14 inst. to wit: Dr Lewis was arrested by the civil authorities of Brunswick County on Monday the 20 inst. and taken before J H. Lewis, Justice of the Peace, under the alleged complaints of having organized a military company of colored men and of inciting them to insurrection against the whites. The evidence for the prosecution did not prove
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