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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Office 4th Division, 9th Sub-District Virginia. STAUNTON, VA., July 31st 1868 Bvt Brig Gen O. Brown Asst Comr &c Richmond Va General, In accordance with instructions contained in Par VI Cir. No 10. Head Quarters Asst Comr B of R.F.&A.L. Richmond Va March 12th 1866 in relation to the result of the operation of the "Order" restoring to the "Civil Courts" jurisdiction over colored persons &c, I have the honor to submit the following "Report", concerning same, as it pertains to Highland & August Counties. I have no cases to report wherein any serious or marked injustice has been done a colored person by any authority vested with the power to institute or regulate proceedings
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