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Northoumberland  County Va July 1868. 
Mager Askin Dear sir I take my Pen in Hand to rite you A few lines to let you know what is going on I Have bin in formed sence I saw you that the dimacrats is going to Rais Mobs at ever Place of election on the days of election to deprive the Republickans from voting so as to defeat the Constitution or in oather words to keep it from being Ratified by A megearity of the People also I Hear that thay say that sooner then thay will Abide by the Constitution thay will suffer to dy thay will Not let No Negro party Rule them Neather shall any avolishener Hold any ofis in the South wheather white or black No goverment shant oppose such on them, if thay doe thay will Not stand it thay will Have thear rights in full to Person and property thay say thay will get Read of some few of the Negroe leaders such as Nash and dow and old Hoft and the Negroes  

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