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Office Sub Asst" Com"
Bu" RF & AL Texas
Dallas Dec" 30" 1867

Lieut J P Richardson
Act Asst" Adjt General
Bu" RF & AL Texas
Austin Texas

Lieut
I desire to call your attention to the feelings & actions of the people in this Sub Dist"

Within the last month they have become very outspoken in their views displaying a hatred for the US Government & a desire to destroy everyone that represents or upholds it that is unpleasant to realize. They state publicly & tell us to our faces that if they possessed the power they would kill us or drive us from the country. The feeling against the Freedmen is bitter & is becoming more intense as election approaches & the reality is forced upon them that they are truly Freemen & permitted to vote  this fact galls them

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