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Bureau Ref F & A. L.
Hd Qurs A.S.A.C. 3rd Div 5th S. Dist Va.
Yorktown, Va Aug 31st 1868.

Brvt. Brig. Gen'l. O. Brown,
Asst Com'r. B.R.F & AL of Dist Va
Richmond. 

General: 
  
I have the honor to report for August 1868 in compliance with Cir. No. 6 Hd. Qurs. Dist Va, series 1866, as follows:
   
Having so very recently been ordered to take charge of this 3rd Div of 5th S. Dist. it is impossible for me to give you a full report of the existing feeling between the two races called for in said cir.
 
But from what I have observed, it is not at all amicable. The whites will persist in a system of persecution toward the colored, which is plainly to be seen when ever they have an opportunity safely to display it. 

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-03-27 14:16:48 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-03-27 14:23:54 "persist" rather than "perish"