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Bureau of R. F and A. L - 
Sub Dist No "8" 7th District Va
Rockbridge Bath and Alleghany Counties
Hd Qtrs Lexington Va
Oct 1st 1866 - 

Captain R.S. Lacey
Supt. 7th Dist. Va

Captain

I have the honor to forward the following report for the month ending September 30th 1866 - 

And state that I am inclined to think from personal observation that the feeling of the people of my sub District is becoming more favorable towards the "Freedman Bureau" as they seem to regard it as an institution which places a "damned Yankee" in their power, giving them the priveledge to insult and abuse him in every way they see fit, and to make his life at his post of duty any thing but an enviable one - without giving him any protection whatever - 

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