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Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Office Asst Superintendent
Burksville Va Dec 31st 1866

Bvt Brig Gen O Brown
A.A. Adjutant Gen'l

In compliance with Circular No 10 Hd Qrs Asst Comm'r State of Va. C.S. 1866. I have the honor to submit the following report for Nottoway & Lunenburg Co's Va.

In Nottoway County the Magistrates exhibit an indifference to trying or hearing a Freedmans complaint, against a White man, but whenever requested to investigate a case by the Asst Sup'dt, they sometimes do so, but in such a manner that though I cannot complain of official unfairness, still their personal prejudices are plainly perceptible. Owing to the ignorance of the Freedmen, they are not aware of the proper manner in which to lodge a complaint, and frequently no attention is paid to them.

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