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Office Asst. Supt. Mathews & Gloucester Co. Va.
Mathews Co. Hd. Qrs. Nov 30th 1866


Bvt Brig Genl. O. Brown
Richmond Va.

General -
I have the honor to submit the following report of Bureau affairs in this sub district for the present month in obedience with Cir. No. 6, Hd. Qrs. Asst. Com'r State of Va. Richmond Va June 29th 1866. The Freedmen in this sub dist are generally fulfilling their contract. When differences occur between employer and employee both parties usually prefer referring their difficulties to the arbitration of the Agent of the Bureau rather than apply to civil courts for remedy.

On the 29th of July last, I made a special report of the unjustness and illegality of the county tax levied by the county courts of Mathews Co. at its session that month. This levy has become very odious and unpopular