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Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Office of A.S.A. Com'r, 3rd Div, 6th Sub-Dist. Va.
Tappahannock, Essex Co. Va, April 1, 1868.

Bvt. Brig. Genl. O. Brown,
Asst. Com'r. Dist. of Va.

General;

I have the honor to make the following report in compliance with Circular No. 6, dated Hd. Qrs. Asst. Com'r, Dist. of Va. January 29, 1866.:

I cannot see that there is any material change in the feeling of the whites towards the Freedmen, only that they seem to get along in their dealings with each other more harmoniously than they have heretofore and I think that the colored people are proving to the whites that their labor is as valuable as any foreigners can be, for I find that even among the most rabid negro haters the colored people as laborers are being much more respected.

I do not say this as a general thing but it is becoming so and in my opinion will in a short time be general; there does not seem to be any