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102[[?]]

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & A. Lands
Office A.S.A. Comr. 5th Divn 2d Sub-Dist Va
Amelia C.H. Sept. 30th 1868.

Maj J. R. Stone
S.A. Comr. &c.
Petersburg Va

Sir:-
In compliance with Circular No. 10. Series of 1866, Hd Qrs. Asst. Comr. Dist. of Va, I have the honor to report that no cases of trial or examination where colored persons were party or parties has come to my knowledge which have not been treated with impartiality and fairness, and the law respecting their (the colored persons) testimony carried out in good faith.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
J. B. Clinton
A,S,A, Comr. Bu. R.F.&A.L

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-05-14 19:26:08 NARA microfilm numbers for this project have four digits, and the last digit on this page is illegible, so it is transcribed as 102[[?]].