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Warrenton Virginia 
March 5th 1866

MacNulty, Lieut W.A. 
Asst Superintendent &c

Reports as to the condition of Bureau affairs - in Sub. District of Fauquier County Va

Col Neide
File

[[stamp]] STATE OF VIRGINIA. BUREAU OF R. F. & A. L. *** RECD. HD. QRS. ASST. COMMISSIONER. MAR 9 1866 [[/stamp]]

Rec'd 10th Dist March 8th/66

Bureau of RF and A.L. 
Office Supt 10th Va District
Fredericksburg Va March 8, 1866. 

Respectfully forwarded to Colonel O. Brown Asst. Commr Richmond Va

James Johnson
Major V.R.C Supt

E&M - 3-4-10D-1866. 

Freedmen are very generally employed by contract or on shares. Excitement consequent on Presidents veto has subsided, and the assurance that the aid of the F.B. will not be taken away for a year has also had a "quieting" effect. The opposition to a Freedmens school has died away owing to a fear that troops were to be sent there. Civil rule in the town of Warrenton is not strong, and many rum shops have the effect of causing a great deal of disorder. Ex rebel soldiers in uniform 

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