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L.B.V.3. 871/198 Bureau R.F. and A. L. Hd Qrs 5th Sub Dist Va Fort Monroe, March 2nd Bvt Brig. Genl O Brown Asst. Comr General: I have the honor to report in compliance with Circular No 1 Series of 1866, that the number of unemployed freedmen in this Sub district is, so far as I can ascertain, unchanged since my last report: though I believe that the people are harder pressed for food than during the winter months, and that this leads to increased depredations. The demoralization of the idle classes tends to express itself more fully in
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