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HEAD QUARTERS FIRST MILITARY DISTRICT,
Richmond, Va, December 19, 1868.

Respectfully referred to the Assistant Commissioner Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. District of Virginia.

By commend of Major General Stoneman.
S.F. Chalfin
Assistant Adjutant General.

[[Stamp]]State of Virginia Bureau of R. F. & A. L. Rec'd Hd. Qrs. Asst. Commissioner Dec 20 1868[[/Stamp]]

H'd Q'rs Asst Com'r. Dist of Va
Bureau of R.F. & A.L.
Richmond, Va. Dec. 21st 1868.

Respectfully referred to Bvt. Brig. Genl. H. G. Thomas, Sub. Asst. Comr., for investigation and report.-

By order of the Asst Comr.
Will A. Coulter
Bvt. Capt. U.S.A.
A.A.A.Genl.

E&M.2d.Vol
424/68.

Bureau R.F. & A Lands
Hd Qrs 8th Sub Dist of Va.
Wytheville Decbr 23rd, 1868.

Respectfully referred to Chs McDougall. A.S.A.C. for explanation & report with the information that I will take the [[strike through]] night[[/strike through]] necessary evidence in the case at Abingdon Saturday Dec 26. 68

W.G. Thomas
Bvt Brig Genl & S A Com
8th Sub Dist Va.

E&M Vol. 4 1868.

Bureau RF & A Lands
Hd Qrs 8th Sub Dist Va Wytheville Decbr 29th 1868

Respectfully returned to Genl Brown I have investigated this case thoroughly. Mr. McDougall has never in any way sympathized with the Rebels, now or at any former time On the contrary he has always been very much interested in the local Radical politics. He has made numerous political speeches & discussions, His want of success in establishing schools of which Mr Turner complains, has in my opinion been to a great extent, owing to the fact that his mind has been so exclusively preoccupied and interested in politics.

The complainant Mr. Turner is an ignorant arrogant addlepated black man

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