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Office Asst. Sub. Asst. Comr, of B of R.F. &c
Division of Patrick & Henry Co Va
Martinsville Va Sept 30th 1867

Bvt Brig Gen. O Brown
Asst Commissioner B of R.F. & A.L.
Richmond Va

General,
Pursuant to instructions contained in Circular No "6"  Series of 1866 - Bureau of Ref Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, State of Va I have the honor to report that the State of feeling existing between the White People and Freedmen continues to be very good.  The Freedmen are fast getting over their fondness for attending any and every political meeting, which has caused a resume of the pleasant relations with their Employers which was temporarily broken on account of their crops being neglected to attend meetings.  While I have spoken to them several times, on matters strictly of