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Bureau R F and A Lands
Hd Qrs 4th Sub Dist
Gordonsville Va Oct 1st 1868.

Genl O Brown
Asst Comr Va.

General -
I have the honor in compliance with Cir No 5 - C S - dated Bureau R F and A Lands, Richmond Va March 29th 1867 - to submit the following report of an Inspection just completed by me of this Sub Dist.

The Freedmen in this Dist are improving  Their condition - notwithstanding the difficulties they are obliged to overcome and will do very well this year croping on shares. As yet few difficulties have occurred in setteling their contracts. It is admitted by all with whom I have conversed, that they have accomplished more and have been more faithful this season than at any time since they were free.

The feeling which exists between the two races - is not different from previous

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