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Warrenton Fauquier Co. Va April 17th 1866

Mr President

Dear sir: I appeal to you our great friend for protection; for I am sure a great & good man; which, you have proven yourself to be, to the American people in the hour of need, will listen to a feeble voice of a female; whose rights are trampled upon by the Bureau in this vicinity (by the name of McNulty) he wishes to reign supreme, I do not know how far his powers are permited to extend, but I know he wishes to assume unlimited powers over me a helpless & defenceless female, who has a dear old Father & mother to care for. I am not willing to abide by the decision of one man, whose mind has been poisoned against me by false misrepresentations made by worthless negroes to him. I am now placed in a more trying position than I was any time during the war, or ever was in my life; not even permited by him to defend myself from falsehood; the worthless negroes word carries weight & my words are but empty vapour & my honourable & truthful colored witness word is too. All I ask for is a fair trial in [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] civil court. I know our glorious Constitution, which, I have always stood by, & all true lovers of freedom will do the same; is for justice, truth & freedom of speech; this is denied me & I am subjected to his insults and injustice with no power of redress. He says in the most peremptory manner [[strikethrough]] if [[/strikethrough]] I shall abide by his decision, or he will send an execution against me & costs. He says I shall not take the case into court while he is in the County. All I want is to be allowed to prove the statements which have been to McNulty (by the negroes