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Bureau Ref. F. and A. Lands
Head Qrs. 3rd Div, 7th Sub Dist. Va.
Martinsville Va. July 31st, 1868.

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

General.
Pursuant to instructions contained in Circular No 6, Series 1866 B. R. F and A. Lands State of Va. I have the honor to report the state of feeling existing between the White People and Freedmen of this Division, to be decidedly worse than at anytime during the time I have been here on duty.

Of course politics is the cause, and nothing can be done to improve matters, under the present state of political excitement, I attended the July Court of Franklin County, and witnessed a disgracefull attempt to break up a peaceable meeting of the colored citizens- A colored man