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Bureau refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office Asst. Sub Asst Comr
2nd Div 11th Sub Dist of Va
Maysville Va Sept. 30th 1868. 

Brig Genl O Brown.
Assistant Comr of Va
Richmond Va (Thro 11th sub Dist Hd Qrs)

General. 
In compliance with Circular No 6. from Head Quarters Assistant Commissioner Va 
dated Richmond Va January 29th 1866. I have the honor to report, that the Freedmen of this Div. are acting and laboring very well with few exceptions they are endeavoring to do all they can to maintain themselves and families, by industry and perseverance and but few complaints are made as to idleness or negligence on their part. They are trying to fulfill the contracts into which they enter, to the best of their ability. Quite a large number of the Colored People are renting farms for the ensuing year. believing that they can do better by working for