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A.43.Office Supt 3d Dist RF&AL State of Va Feb 1st 1867 Bureau R F and A.L Office Asst Supt Howard Co Ashland Mar 28" 1867 Ayer Ira Sr Bvt Col and Asst Supt Reports the condition of Bureau affairs in the County as good and the feeling between the freedmen & whites as friendly and Labor plentiful. [[note]] 6 [[/note]] [[stamp]] STATE OF VIRGINIA BUREAU OF R. F. & A. L. * * * RECD. HD. QRS. ASST. COMMISSIONER MAR 29 1867 [[/stamp]] Rec'd Office Sup't 3d Dis't State of Va March 29th 1867 Bureau R. F. and AL Office Supt 3d Dist Va Richmond Va Mar. 29th 1867 Respectfully forwarded to Bvt Brig Gen'l O. Brown Asst Comm'r, State of Virginia. James A. Bates Cap't 43d Infty and Sup't