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Bureau of R.F. & AL.
Office Suptds. 7th. Dist
Lynchburg, Va. Aug 4' 1865

Colonel,
In compliance with S.O. 12 from your Hd Qrs. I have the honor to submit the following report for my district

Quest No 1. "Are they at work & &c.
As a general thing the Freedmen are at work, but there is a very general disposition among them to change their former homes.

Quest No 2. "Are those who work with their former masters
The Freedmen are working well & seem willing to work as a general thing.

Quest No. 3. Do their former masters treat them kindly?
They are treated humanely, but with a great many exceptions of harsh treatment & injustice

Quest No. 4. Do they practically acknowledge their freedom?
Their freedom is practically acknowledged. 

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