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0275 Bureau RF&AL Office ASAC 2 Div 6th SD Bowling Green Caroline Countys Va. November 30th 1867 Bvt. Brig. Genl. O. Brown Asst Commr Dist Virginia Richmond Va General In compliance with Circular No 6 Hd Qrs. Asst Comr State of Virginia January 29th 1866, I have the honor to report, that the state of feeling existing between the whites and Freedmen is one of coldness a sort of quiet antagonism exists between them. The farmers generally speak of procuring white labor and their determination of not hiring Freedmen for the coming year, but those who talk the loudest are trying hardest to hire them On the subject of Temperance among the Freedmen there has been but little progress. Some of the most intelligent have organised a society from which good results are to be anticipated. I am General Very Respectfully Your Obet Servt John O'Dwyer Bvt. Col. A.S.A.C
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I believe *13 is actual a B.
The corrected [?] phrase looks to be: Bowling Green Caroline County's
The others I am unsure.
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Reopened for Editing 2024-03-20 01:52:26
Check the Smithsonian's personnel records if you can't figure out the name of the signer or the addressee. Orlando Brown was the commissioner for the WHOLE STATE of Virginia, his name is all over these documents.