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anything to do with.
While with me she had three children. One she killed out right the other was brought to its end by her wilful and criminal neglect and exposure and she the mother was sold in part to prevent her from destroying the other one she said Ann E. whose life she did not hesitate threaten. She is totally unreliable base and degraded and it would be a most unfortunate thing for her daughter ever again to be brought under her influence. As to the other story, the legacy story, I am told by the col'd people that there is not a word of truth in it. Warren Bonley knows nothing about it nor does anyone else. I have no doubt it is all one of her own fabrications.
I have the honor to be very respt your obt srvt.

Bvt Maj Hopkins
Gordonsville Va
(signed) D.L. Haley