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Recd O.S. 7th Dist of Va Nov 1st 1866

Bureau of R.F. & AL 
Hd Qrs Sub Dist Franklin Co Va
Rocky Mount Va Oct 31st 1866

A.106.328

DeKnight Wm. F. 
Lt V.R.C and A.S.
(1 Enclosure)

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Reports in compliance with Circular No. 6 C S. feeling between whites and freedmen apparently harmonious yet whites bring everything to bear to keep freedmen in same Subjugation as when slaves; all work for very low wages and great many work for clothes and board  much destitution exists among old and young and anticipates much suffering during the coming winter for want of food -

Bureau of RF, & AL 
Hd Qrs Seventh Dist Va 
Lynchburg Va  Nov 2d 1866

Respectfully forwarded to 
Bvt Brig Genl O Brown
A.A.A. Genl.

R. S. Lacey
Capt and Supt

File

[[stamp]] STATE OF VIRGINIA. BUREAU OF R.F. & A.L. RECD. HD. QRS. ASST. COMMISSIONER. NOV 1 1866 [[/stamp]]

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