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Bureau of Refugees Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Headquarters, Superintendent, Fifth District, [[strikethrough]] Dept. of the Potomac. [[/strikethrough]] State of Va
Fort Monroe, Va.,  1867.

Circular }
No 2 }

By the direction of the Asst. Comr Asst Supts will send to the proper officers of civil courts in their respective sub-districts of whose injustice or disposition to do injustice complaint is made by loyal citizens of either color, a copy of General Order No 1 Head Quarters First Dist. State of Va  If justice shall not be secured the action of such authorities will be reported giving names of parties of whom complaint is made together with a specific statement of all instances of injustice. Civil authorities are to be allowed a fair opportunity of doing justice

S C Armstrong
Superintendent
5th Dist Va

Bvt. Brig. Gen. O. Brown.
Asst. Commr Va.