Viewing page 212 of 236

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

0918

Bureau Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands,
Office Ass't Sub-Ass't. Com'r. Dinwiddie & Prince George Co's Va
Petersburg, Dinwiddie County Virginia
March 31st 1868.

Brvt Brig. Genl. O. Brown
Ass't. Commissioner, District Va
Richmond 

General:
I have the honor to report in compliance with Circular No. 6. B.R.F. & A.L. Hd Qurs. Ass't Com'r. State of Va, Richmond Va Jany. 27th 1866, as follows:

The condition of Bureau affairs in my Division has not changed materially since my last report. Were it not however for the presence of the the Bureau the Freedmen would stand a very poor chance among the Whites, whose sole aim it seems, is to take advantage of them unless they succumb to all their nefarious plans and principles.

(over)

Transcription Notes:
---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-03-23 13:43:11