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Bureau of R.F. and A.L.
Hd Qrs 7 Div 5 Sub Dist Va
Eastville Va Dec 25 1867

Bvt. Brig Genl O. Brown
Asst. Commissioner
Richmond Va

General
In compliance with circular No. 6 series of 1866 Hd Qrs of Asst. Commissioner State of Virginia I have the honor to report that the affairs of the Bureau in this Division as follows.

Since my last report a party of white men calling themselves the Simon Brown Club visited a large number of the colored citizens houses in Accomac County, forcing an entrance to said homes when the door was not opened to them, and after they had gained admittance to the houses, searching them and taking and carrying away