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Bureau R F and A Lands
Office of Asst Supt 3rd Dist Va 
Richmond Va 30 March 1867

Captain Jas A Bates
Supt 3rd Dist Va

Captain
In compliance with instructions contained in Circular No 6 dated Bureau R F & A L Hd Qrs Asst Com. State of Virginia Richmond Va Jany 29th 1866 I have the honor respectfully to make the following Report. 

The condition of Freedmen in this Sub Dist. is more Encouraging than the records of the preceeding Month, Numbers who were compelled to seek the assistance of the Bureau to avoid utter destitution are now Employed in the various Manufacturies of this city. There still remain a considerable number of women, with large families, of helpless children who must necessarily receive rations until other provisions

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