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Bureau R F & A L
Office Supt 2d dist
Petersburg Jan 16/66

Respectfully returned

Nothing of the kind has happened in Surry or any other County in this Dist. - Reports came to this office that some of the Citizen Agents have threatened such things to induce Freedmen to contract for another year. To avoid any thing of the kind being done, Circular of Dec 22nd was issued.

This action on the part of the Citizen Agents was entirely unauthorized by, and without the knowledge of the Asst Supt.

Emphatically, "Yankees

over

do not hire or sell Freedmen in this Dist"

Stuart Barnes
Capt & A.Q.M.
Supt 2d dist

E.B. 263

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