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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen & A.L.
Office A.S. Asst Comr 3rd Div 2nd Sub Dist Va.
Laurencevill Va. March 31st 1868

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

General,
In obedience to the requirements of Circular No. 6 Series of 1866 Hd. Qrs. Asst. Comr. State of Va. I have the honor to report that I have nothing material to submit at this time different from the reports heretofore made under the Circular above mentioned.

A good many of the farmers have rented their [[strikethrough]] lands [[/strikethrough]] farms to the Freedmen for the year for a stipulated (1/4) part of the crops. This plan will operate well in some instances, in others it will not as many of the Freedmen are not calculated to support themselves, teams &c until a crop can be made, and having little or no credit they may be driven almost to adopt dishonest & even criminal means to obtain rations; Hence whenever anything is stolen this class of persons receive credit for the crime whether or not they are the guilty parties.

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