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their meetings as the two could not occupy the church at the same time and that the whites would need the basement for church purposes, and since then them with Leonard have been without any organization for some three or four weeks, until last Sabath the White Minister at the request of a large number of them organized them again and has taken charge of the Church and Sabath school.  Thus the matter stands.

Leonard is doing them an injury I fear as their was a great and growing interest manifesting for the education of the colored population here, and it should not be disturbed at this time.  The colored people are not prepaired to go off to themselves in church matters, and I have so advised them.  You will pardon me for writing so much, but I felt it my duty under the circumstances to give you some idea of what the whites are doing the colored, then you could judge for yourself.

Your Respectfully
Tho Pullam