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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen &c., HEAD QUARTERS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, STATE OF VIRGINIA Richmond, Va. November 10th 1865 Captain Stuart Barnes A.Q.M. & Supt &c Captain The Asst. Commissioner directs that you inform him why Provost Judges are appointed, when the Circular from these Head Quarters of date Sept 24 65 "invites the citizens & Freedmen to select each class for itself from among the citizens a suitable person to act as Agent of the Bureau. These agents with the Asst. Superintendent constitute the court which will adjudicate upon all difficulties that may arise between whites & freedmen or among the freedmen themselves" I am Captain Your Obt Sert. James A. Bates Capt & A.A.A.G.