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Montgomery Ala
Sept 17th 1865

Powell Mrs Anna B.

Asks for protection against the Freedmen who are plotting the murder the white portion of the state and encloses an article from the "New York News."

Gen Howard Morrow

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Montgomery Ala
Sept- 17th

To President Johnson

Dear Sir,
In the ominous condition of the Southern States the negroes are threatening us with midnight assassination and massacre- So abundant are the proofs that evidence forces itself upon us the evil day is not far off when their wicked purpose is to be put in execution. So you are the only person possessing the power and will to save us from the