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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Head Quarters 11th Sub-District of Virginia.
Farmville, Va., Decr 31st 1868.

Br. Brig. Genl O. Brown.
Asst Comr Dist of Va
Richmond
General
In compliance with Cir. 1 S. 1866 Hd. Qrs. Asst Comn Va I have the honor to report that the several A.S.A. Comr in charge of the four Divisions in this 11th Sub Dist. report "there are no Freedpeople in their respective Divisions able and willing to work who cannot find employment."  I would however respectfully report that the important point - renumeration for labor - is not so clearly set forth and my experience shows me that laborers by the year or for any considerable portion of a year have not received the promised payment for their services at the promised time and under present circumstances it is a matter of doubt when such payment will be made. Numbers of men have come to me complaining they could not get