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Farmville Va May 23, 1868

Rev R.M. Manly
Richmond

Dear Sir
Please send two or three copies of the constitution about to be voted on and in brief at your earliest leisure give me a birds eye view of the "situation". Affairs here are unmanageable. and we are about to lose all our white strength through the ill considered action of the colored leader here egged on by the rebels. Thayers nomination is mainly the result of bargain that Homer. Nelson & are to have all worth having in Charlotte be on condition of supporting him for Congress. Bland aspires to the Senators help for Prince Edward Charlotte the away easiest as he himself told me being Homer Nelson too are to support him and he them. No attention appears to be paid to the minn officer. self in all thought of. With colored Senators and Delegates nominated for all these counties on condition of supporting Thayer Porter for Congress we shall lose all our white votes and many colored - Delay of election seems the only way to heal up the sing agreement seems worse than useless. They will listen, assent and then