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1072 "53 & 54" BRF and A Lands Hd Qrs 2d Div 1st Sub Dist Va Wise Farm Princess Ann Co Va April 30th 1868 Bvt Brig: Genl. O. Brown Asst Com BRF and AL Dist of Va Richmond Va General: I have the honor to report pursuant to Cir No 6 Series of 1866 from Hd Qrs Asst Com Dist of Va that the general condition of Bureau Affairs in this Division of the 1st Sub Dist of Va is improving. The long continued wet weather had delayed farming operations and as a consequence there has been considerable suffering from want of food &c. and it has been found necessary to make application for Rations for the old and for several widows with small children, for the coming month, but it is hoped that we shall not have to make another requisition this season. The fair weather of the past few days has given a fresh start to everything, labor is in demand and the colored people will soon be at work, those that
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