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farmer or middle class as it may be termed. I think I have not visited a County where the Union feeling amongst the more refined class is more universal and with so much apparrant honesty and Sincerity as in King William County.

Many of the Farmers who were themselves disfranchised came with their Horses and carriages and brot their hands to be Registered.

They profess great friendship for the colored man and a great desire to be considered his best and only friend. Their efforts to assist them, and their oft repeated declarations of their regard for their future prosperity is truly commendable. Were there not a doubt that all their protections, are a ruse to cover to cover the real design, and that after their objects are consumated, they will

Transcription Notes:
I encountered the word/spelling "brot" on another page of this report. brot = brought