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are working and am apprehensive of serious developments being made immediately. I was also informed by Mr. Mebus that he was plowing when a freedman named Abram came to him & asked him his opinion of near war and if he would assist them — they wanted white men to help them there &c—

T W Rodgers

Sworn and Subscribed to before me at my office in Hempstead this 26th day of June AD 1868
Henry L. Rankin
Recorder & Ex JP. 

Transcription Notes:
fill in blanks, too many to be marked for review Not opinion. The word ends in a "g" or "y". (Could be thinking) The second word is near.