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Office Asst Supt Bur RF&AL
Sub Dist of Essex and King and Queen, and Middlesex Counties.
Tappahannock, Va. March 1, 1867
Wentworth, Watson R
Lieut and Asst Supt
Reports in compliance with Cir No 6 dated Hd Quars Asst Com Jany 29, 66 that the feeling between whites and blacks is still very unfriendly.
So many freedmen have left that Sub Dist that farmers find it very difficult to procure labor sufficient to work their farms.
Schools for freedmen are much needed for freedmen in that Sub Dist
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Bureau RF and AL
Office Supt 6 Dist Virginia
Fredericksburg, Va. March 5, 1867
Respectfully forwarded
James Johnson
Major VRC Supt