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Every faithful officer of this Bureau will understand that in attending to the duty here indicated he is securing at once the best good of the Freedmen in whose interest the Bureau was created and of the country whose pease and prosperity it is equally bound to promote The good of all classes require that the Lands should be referenced and cultivated but it is impossible for the farmers to pursue his work successfully unless he can rely upon his Laborers to remain with him to the end of their engagement O Brown Colonel and Asst Commissioner Bureau of Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands Head Quarters Assistant Commissioner State of Virginia Richmond Virginia Nov. 2, 1865. Circular.