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they can get through the winter without want there is not the least disposition on the part of whites to assist the colored people, and even if there was they have not the means to do so, sincerely hoping every action in my past may prove satisfactorily

I have the honor to be General 
Very Respectfully
Your Obdt Servt
R. Simpson