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1 Marlin Falls Co, Texas, Feb 1/68

Gen'l J. J. Reynolds. 
Sir, I have complaints to lay before you, and claim protection and justice under your rule, I am a refugee and as such claim military protection. The facts are these, about two years ago or a little more, I moved to this town for the purpose of opening an English school, which I did. My school had been in progress only one week, when one Mr Fortune began making efforts to get up a school, but he could not [[strikethrough]] make up [[/strikethrough]] get up a school at all for I had taught a country school before I came to town, and my reputation as a good English teacher had spread far and near, so that the pupils were flocking to my school from every side and the Mr Fortune could not get a school at all. This Mr Fortune had a brother-in-law living in the Town, and he one