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(The following is a literal copy of a letter mailed at Winchester Fayette County July 11th 1867)
Winchester August 10th 1867
Mr. _ _ Dear Sir you have certainly forgotten me I have ritin to you & your sis both times you wrote to me I thought that I would rite to you again and see whether you had got my letter or not - I havent any news that would interest you, we had a speach from Bell & Mcfarlin a few days ago in the town of Lagrange. I don't believe that there was a great many of the people displeased with Bells speach. But as for Mcfarlinn I think that he ought to be hanged to the highest tree in the Colorado Valy and all other dam raskels of his stripe. After he got through speaking the negroes a great many of them thout they were as good as a white man - as we was crossing the river a negro man cought hold of the bridle of a friends horse and pulled him out and he could not help himself at the time for there was about 200 Negroes crossing at the same time. But as for the negro I cant say where he has gone since that day.
_ we are going to hav fighting at our homes with dam rats & negroes and that before a great while _ tell the boys to be redy and slay every dam Negro that gives them any sas the Boys down about Round top kill one or two every week the

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2.6.2023 - Transcribed per guidelines (spelling transcribed as is) and marking for review