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0203

Bureau R.F. and A. L.
Head Quarters Fifth Division Fifth Sub Dist Va.
New Kent C.H. Va Nov 25 1867

Bt Brig. Gen. O. Brown
Asst Commissioner District of Virginia

Sir,
I have the honor to submit the following Report of the condition of Bureau affairs in the District during the months of September, October and November.

Registration was fully completed and the Books closed after a few days sitting, which passed off with the usual quiet and decorum as signalized their former sittings, both the Whites and Freedmen taking advantage of this final revision, and but few of the inhabitants of the County failing to present themselves for Registration

A fracas occurred at the October sitting of the New Kent Co Court, which deserves special mention as showing the condition of the Judiciary in this County: a difficulty of a purely personal nature took place between two persons one of whom stands high in the Legal Profession

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