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L.B.V. 3 779/114 Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Head Quarters 5th Sub Distict Va. District of Virginia, Fort Monroe, Va. Jan 31st 1868 Bvt. Brig Genl O. Brown Asst. Comr General I have the honor to report in compliance with Circular No 1 Series of 1866 from you Head Quarters, that the number of unemployed freedmen in this Sub district is, so far as I can learn, unchanged since my last report. The activity of the oyster business affords work to a large number who however, are thriftless immoral, & dishonest as a class and do not sustain their earnings: they are more or less intemperate, and are thusly subjects of philanthropic interest. Farming operations are about to commence and will call for a large amount of labor. I am General with great respect Your obd Sevt S.C. Armstrong Sub. Asst. Com.