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Bureau Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands Office Asst Sub Asst Com'r. 1st. Div 2nd S Dist Virginia Petersburg, Dinwiddie County Virginia June 30th 1868. Brv't Brig Genl. O. Brown. Asst Comir. B.F.F. & A.L. Dist Va., Richmond. General, I have the honor to report for month of June 1868. in compliance with circular No 10, dated B.R.F & A.L. H.Q., Ass't. Comr. State of Va., Richmond, Va March 12th 1866, as follows: There has been no complaints made to this office where parties have expressed themselves to have received injustice at the hands of the civil authorities. Very Respectfully Your Obdient Servt Henry K W Ayres AS.A Comr &c
Transcription Notes:
The second letter in the acronym following Comir before the letter begins should probably be an R. but it reads as two F's in a row based on the handwriting.
Above note refers to this section of the transcription: "Comir. B.F.F.+A.L."
Obdient = should be obedient
Serat = short for servant
Comir./Comi = short for commissioner
Asst = short for assistant
Div = short for division
B.R.F.+A.L. = short for bureau refugees freedmen & abandoned lands
Dist = short for district
AS.A = I believe this is short for Assistant Sub Assistant or Assistant Subdistrict Assistant
please use &, not + = B.R.F. & A.L.
Com'r, not Comir = Commissioner
Servt = Servant