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Mr. Hildrith

dear Friend and School mate I am more than Happy to say to you that it would be a very good thing for you to save your Bacon and quit associating with the colered gents and their offspings as it is a very bad habit you know you have got a very good character here in this place and for fear that you should loose your own dear character you take my advice and quit Teaching young Africans for fear would become as knowing as you and turn to be in a higher estimative Society than you and your family my opinion is that a man that would do as you are doing would steal the grease off a dead negroes [[?]] to fry Eggs in and steal the Eggs I believe you would Steal from a white person quicker than a negro it is nothing more than a certain fact that you are

Transcription Notes:
"steal the grease off a dead negroes ----": I hope that's not what I think it could be Reviewer: leaving word out, as looks like an expletive