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cases has, thus far, proved successful.

During my monthly visit to Fluvanna, no new cases were brought to my notice requiring attention.
 
The freedmen in that County, so far as I could learn, were doing well generally, though there are some few cases of destitution. Although these poor people have crops growing, they are very much straitened to obtain food to go on with until their crops mature. This is in part owing to the scarcity of corn among the farmers many of whom have none on hand & are compelled to purchase for their own use. 

The habits of the freedmen in regard to temperance have undergone no change since last Report.

No cases of intemperance among them have come under my notice, and as a consequence there are few cases of crime. So far as I know no case has occurred in this County since last Report, and but one or two petty cases of theft in Fluvanna. The freedmen are so scattered and isolated for the most part on large farms, that concert of action in regard to temperance, would be very difficult to bring about. 

Very Respectfully &c.
E.C. Morse
A.S.A. Comr

General O. Brown} 
Asst Commission}

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