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Bureau of R. F. and A. L,
Sub Dist No. 1 7th District Va
Pittsylvania County Va
Hd Qrs Danville Va
Feb 28th 1867

Capt R. S Lacey
Supt 7th Dist Va

Captain

I have the honor to forward the following report for the month ending January 31st 1867

During the past month I have had upwards of one hundred applications for assistance, either to obtain for Freedmen the wages due them for services rendered during the year 1866, or to assist them in obtaining the custody of their children, who in very many instances have been taken from them and Indentured to some former slave holder until they shall be of age.

I am led to believe from what I can learn from both black and white that

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