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Office 31st Dist. 3rd Sub Dist. Bureau of R.F. & A.L.
Dist of Va. King William Court House 12. May 31st 1868

Lieut. Paul. R. Hambride
S.A.C. 34 Sub Dist. Bureau of R.F. & A.L.
Dist of Va. Richmond Va.

Lieut,

In compliance with Cir. Number 6. Head Quarters Asst Commissioner Dist of Va. I have the honor to report the condition of Bureau affairs very much the same as in the two months preceding the present.

The Freedmen who are working on shares are very industrious & have a fair prospect of good returns for their labor. A great many are working by the day & cannot do well frequently in this way, only finding employment in the busy seasons & having no land of their own on which to work the

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