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Durants Bend

Dear Sir
With much Resp in haste I write you concerning my situation on Monday next My Trial comes off in the district court was pending if not as usual continued by the State in order to harass me I am innocent of the charge & they have failed to sustain those claims before the Gov & failed to make the proof & the Gov still holds the cotton this indictment has held over me for Two Long years & if you should, if consistent with your high duties & Good Judgment & in Justice To the