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Bureau of R.F. & AL
Office of the Asst Supt Counties of Culpeper and Orange
Culpeper C.H. Va.
October 31st 1866

Bvt Brig Genl O Brown}
A.A.A. Genl B.R.F & A.L State Va.}
Richmond Va.}

General,
I have the honor in compliance with Circular No 6, B.R.F. & A.L Hd Qrs Asst Comr State Va dated Richmond Va January 29th 1866 to report the condition of Bureau Affairs in my Sub Dist for the month of October 1866. -

I have noticed during the month that there is likely to be some considerable controversy between the Freedmen & their former masters, with whom many are cultivating Farms on Shares in reference to a final settlement or division of the Crop  One or two instances have occured in Culpeper Co Va where manifest injustice was done by whites to the blacks in reference to the division of Crops.  the matter was adjusted by the division being made over again

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-03-06 09:49:20 Corrected spelling of Culpeper to the way it was originally written here