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Bureau. R.F + A. L.
Office Asst. Sub. Asst. Comr.
3rd Div. 1st Sub. Dist. of Va.
Suffolk Va April 30th 1868

Bvt. Capt. Will. A. Coulter
A.A.A.G. Bureau. R. F + A. L.
Dist. of Va Richmond Va

Captain
I have the honor to  make the following Monthly Report for the Month of April 1868, in compliance with Circular No 10. Bureau. R.F + A. L. Head Quarters Asst. Comr. Dist of Va Richmond Va March 12th 1866 of the manner in which the order restoring to the State authorities jurisdiction in the trial of Criminal Cases of Freedmen has resulted in the 3rd division of the 1st Sub. Dist. of Va. consisting of the Counties of Nansemond and Isle of Wight Virginia.
The Magistrates of the division are prejudiced against the Freedmen and do not believe the Freedmen when an Oath with the same degree of Faith, as that of a white