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Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Office of A.S.A. Comr. 3rd Div. 6th Sub D
Tappahannock, Essex Co. Va. July 31

Bvt. Brig. Genl. O. Brown
Asst Comr State of Va.

General;
I have the honor to report in compliance with Circular No. 6 dated Hd. Qrs. Asst. Comr. Richmond, Va January 29 1866 the following:

The Registration having taken the most of my time during the past month it is almost impossible for me to make a report under this Circular but as regards the organization of Temperance Societies I have done nothing and cannot until after the Registration is finished; I have spoken of it to some of the leading colored men who seem to be very anxious to organize such a society. There is one thing remarkable that can be said of the Freedmen in this Division, that is, I have been stationed here seventeen months and have seen but one colored man