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thare is a party here if it was not for the Bureau would reinslave every Freedman in the State  If Congress over turns over the State to the Cesationist to make laws to govorn the Blacks without letting them vote, congress had better kill the last negro in the South, as the State authorities will never protect a freedman unless they are forced by Congress  I wish they would make a law allowing the Black man to vote then them and their Union friends would rule the State.  I say let all vote and then their enemies would cease to persecute them from policy sake = Thare will be abundance of Provisions of all sorts made in this section of the state the wheat crops is now Harvested and vary fine the corn and oat crop is good, and the people Both white [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] are enjoying good health

Your Friend in a good cause
Philip Howard

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