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In Marion County there are neither troops nor agent, and for similar reasons to those given in relation to Rockingham.

The Assist Supt says "The sending of an agent supported by a detachment of troops would be of great benefit to the freedmen in that benighted region as I am afraid that in distant parts of this county they are subject to imposition and acts of injustice which are not brought to my notice owing to their great distance from this the nearest military Post_"

Sub Dist. "E."
In Berkley County there was a sergeant as agent, but he had scarcely begun his work when he with his company were sent to the Kanawha valley in West Va_   The freedmen are well treated and at work for fair wages_ An agent was to be stationed at Martinsburg, and the census completed if possible_ The board of agents will I think be established there without difficulty
 

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