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and all public gatherings their they must present themselves for the Registration and report all cases to me where they were they were dissuaded from coming. No case has been reported where the whites have tried to prevent the freedmen from coming to be Registered.

No freedman has been arrested during the past month  there seems to be a disposition on the part of the whites to allow the freedmen their full rights & to give the freedmen justice.

The freedmen have open'd a school in Front Royal with B.H. Roland (col)as teacher they are exerting every nickel to support the School and with a small appropriation of (15)fifteen dollars per month from the Bureau they will be able to keep the School open the entire year.

The freedmen are generally working themselves

Transcription Notes:
---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-03-15 11:15:40 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-03-15 11:18:32 (col) rather than (cal). Abbreviation for "colored" Not sure about the word "nickel" but left it in. There doesnt' appear to be a "k" --see how the author wrote "work"