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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and A. Lands,
Office Asst Sup't. Sub Dist of Spottsylvania Co. Va.
Fredericksburg Va. November 30th 1866.

Bv't Brig Gen'l O. Brown,
Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Richmond Va.

General,

In obedience to instructions contained in Circular No 6, H'd Quar's Asst Comr. of Va. of date January 29th, 1866, I have the honor to report that but little change in sentiment in Bureau affairs in my Sub District since my last report.

There has been some difficulty in the division of crops - this grew out of the fact (in most cases.) that the Contracts were not made under the supervision of a Bureau Agt. and a misunderstanding as to the terms of the Contract would occur.  The freedmen (as they state.) find the Contracts they had signed convey a different meaning, from what they were told, at the time they were made.

Very little difficulty has arose