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0317 B.R.F. & A.L. Office 3d Div. 9th Sub. Dist. Woodstock Va. Nov. 30th 1867. Gen. O. Brown. Asst. Com'r. Gen. I have the honor to report Bureau affairs as assuming a disagreeable aspect since the late elections, owing to the employers & other of the Citizens, annoying the Freedmen in every allowable way, viz. By persecuting them for small debts, rents, overcharges, & by refusing to pay them their wages promptly. - There is also a concerted (secret) movement to discharge them after a certain time. - Under such an accumalation of annoyances, the Freedmen look forward despondingly to their future. - The cause of Temperance, remains as last reported. Very Respectfully. Your obt. Servt. J. H. Hall Lt. V.R.C. & A.S.A.C.
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