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The County yet up to this time no drunkenness amongst the freedmen has been heard of; in only two or three of the towns could liquor be attained and rarely in the Country - the factory hands in Clarksville use the most of any party I have noticed, but yet never to excess, and these moderate drinkers are the hardest to persuade to join a Temperance Society. The numerous fruit distilleries that are starting up through the County may cause more need of the Society than has been before felt- I have sent the Circular of the Lincoln T.S. to Rev. Mr. Greer,  a great favorite of the freedman and one who has a better chance of  meeting large bodies of them than I have, with a request that he will take the matter in hand & promised him to be one of the organizers - He will go to work at it & I trust to soon report some progress - 

The crops are turning out better than was expected & the hands can make good shares by attending to them well at this time - 

I am Sir
Very Resp. 
Yr. obt servt
Alex D. Bailie
Agt. Bur. R.F & A.L.

B.469 (RF & AL 2'd S Dist Va) 1867

Hed. Qrs. A.S.A C Bu RF &c
Clarksville Aug 31 1867

Bailie, Alex D.
Agt. Bu RF &c

Report under Circular No 6.
Series 1866. Hd. Qrs. Asst Com Va
for August 1867

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[[stamp]] STATE OF VIRGINIA. BUREAU OF R.F.& A.L. RECD. HD. QRS. ASST. COMMISSIONER. SEPT 9 1867[[/stamp]]

[[stamp]] RECEIVED OFFICE 2'd Sub. DIST. SEP 2 1867 [[/stamp]]

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-03-18 14:48:09 Alex D. Bailie, not Bailes