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Bureau of Refugees Freedmen & A. Lands, 
Head. Qrs. 1st Div. 6th Sub Dist of Va
Fredericksburg Va. October 31st 1868. 

Brevt. Brig. Genl. O. Brown
Asst. Comr Bureau &c
Richmond Va

General: 
In compliance with Circular No. 6. Series 1866, from Head Qrs Asst. Comr of Va. I have the honor to report that the feeling existing between whites and blacks is apparently about the same as heretofore reported. 
There is but little intemperance among the Freedmen in my Division. 
There has been some trouble between the whites and blacks that they have to pay taxes because they voted, that if they had not voted they would not now be paying taxes. Charles E. Beasley a constable in Spottsylvania, is the leading