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Office Asst. Supt: B of R.F. & A.L.
Martinsville Henry Co Va 
Oc't 31st 1866

Bvt Brig Genl O. Brown
Act'g Asst. Adj't Gen'l
Richmond Va.

General,
I have the honor to report that the state of feeling between the White People and the Freedmen of this Sub. Dis't continues to be about the same as heretofore reported, viz. A want of confidence on the part of the Freedmen that they will obtain justice at the hands of their Employees for this year's work; with the White people, a disposition is shown to beat and bruise the Freedmen on the slightest provocation, as it seems to be pretty generally understood that they will not be presented for so doing.

I am General
Very Respectfully
Your Ob'dt Ser'vt
Wm L. Fernald
2d Lt V.R.C. & Asst. Sup't
Pat'k & Henry Co. Va

Thr'o Maj. R.S. Lacey
Supt. B of R & c 7th Dist
Lynchburg
Va.

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Patrick and Henry Counties. (Pat'k) ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-03-04 15:13:34 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-03-05 21:51:35