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Bureau Ref. F. and A Lands
3d Div, 7th Sub. Dist Va
Martinsville Va. May 31st 1868

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

Sir, 
Pursuant to instructions contained in Circular No 6 Series 1866. Bureau Ref. F. and A Lands, State of Va, I have the honor to report that the State of feeling existing between the White People and Freedmen to be still growing worse, growing entirely out of the political condition of the Country.

The Whites are leaving no stone unturned to defeat the Constitution, using threats towards their Employees, that if they go near the polls they will be discharged, still as yet none have been - and they are all working harder then ever, to make a good grain crop, which they failed to do last year.

While the necessities of life are extremely scare, I am happy to be 

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