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[[preprinted]] Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
HEAD QUARTERS 2nd SUB-DISTRICT, VIRGINIA,
Petersburg, Va,[[/preprinted]] Sept 30th [[preprinted]] 1868.[[/preprinted]]

Bvt Col Garrick Mallery
AAIG & AAAG

Col
In compliance with Circular 6 Series of 1866 [[form??]] from the office of the Asst Com at Richmond I have the honor to report as follows

The condition of Bureau affairs in the 1st Division of this Sub District remains about the same as at the date of my last Report Political excitement is however lessening here as the period for the reconstruction election becomes more and more indefinite I believe that nine tenths of the people are perfectly willing there shall be no election at all so that peace continues and industry thrives
The colored population, as the clear

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