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Office Asst Superintendent
Bureau R F and A Lands
Sub Dist Fredericksburg Va
March 31st 1866

Capt T. Frank P Crandon
Supt 4th Dist Gordonsville Va

Captain:

In compliance with Circular No 6 dated Richmond Va January 29th 1866, I have the honor to transmit through your office to the Head Quarters of the Asst Commissioner the following report showing the condition of the Bureau affairs in this Sub Dist.

The Freedmen are generally at work and manifesting a great desire to better their conditions.  As spring advances, the dependents on the Gov are decreasing and the rations issued have steadily diminished.  The majority of contracts made under my supervision have been for portions of the crop. Much more land would have been cultivated in this Co (Spottsylvania) had the planters been better able to have supplied themselves with necessary teams

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