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Office of Asst Supt B of R.F. and A.L.
Sub. District of Spotsylvania Co Va
Fredricksburg Va Sept 30th 1866

Brevet Brig Genl O Brown
A.A.A.Gen'l B of R.F. & A.L.
Richmond Va

General
In obedience of circular No 6 Head Quarters Asst Commissioner State of Va. dated Richmond Va Jany 29th 1866 

I have the honor to report that the affairs of the Bureau in this sub district are in a good condition.

A tolerable good state of feeling is existing between the whites and blacks. 

I find that now the summers work is over that there is a disposition on the part of some of the whites to drive away the Freedmen who have been employed by them during the past summer, without paying them anything for their summers work, where the Freedmen have written contracts there will not be much difficulty