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Bureau R.F. and A.L. 
Office Asst. Sub Asst. Com'r.
3d Dist. 1st Sub. Dist. of Va
Suffolk Va July 31st 1868

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

Captain
I have the honor to make the following Monthly Report for the Month of July 1868, in Compliance with Circular No. 10 Bureau R.F. and A.L. Va. 2nd, Asst. Com'r. 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 3d Division, 1st sub Dist. of Virginia, consisting of the Counties of Nansemond and Isle of Wight Virginia.
 
I can see no change in the Magistrate of this Division, the same prejudices against the Freedmen still exist. and it seems impossible for them to believe a Freedmen on Oath with the same 

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