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this contracts filed; the majority of the Freedmen are 
not profitably employed as they are working on shares and
only get one-fourth or one-third of the corn crop alone, and
when they pay out of what for what provisions they have had
of their employer they will not have enough left to keep
them through next winter.

No criminal cases in which Freedmen are a party have been tried before the civil authority since the issue of
Circular No. 10.

Otherwise than I have stated Bureau affairs are progressing as nice as could be accepted.

I am, Colonel,
Very Respectfully, Your obt. servant,
Watson R. Wentworth,
2nd. Lieut. 9th. V.R.C. & Asst. Supt.
Bureau of R.F & A.L.

Transcription Notes:
---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-02-20 15:11:35 not 'obstinate' but obt. for 'obedient', ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-02-20 15:27:31 its '&' for 'and' not +,