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B.R.F. & A L  1868
4' D. 9 S.D.
LB. I P. 36.

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office 4th Division, 9th Sub-District, Virginia.
Staunton, Va., May 4th 1868.

Capt Jno. A. McDonnell
Sub Asst Comr. &c
Winchester Va

Capt,
I have the honor to call your attention to certain demonstrations made by an organization here known as the "Ku Klux Klan" and which have caused a vast deal of dangerous excitement, especially among the colored population, and which, if not promptly suppressed, will culminate in serious and deplorable disturbances of the public peace.

This Klan made their appearance in the streets of Staunton, about 1 o'clock Sunday morning last, mounted and the Klan being enveloped in white sheets or something of the kind, and being armed caused no little consternation among the colored people and much serious annoyance to the respectable whites. Their operations were attended with the discharge of pistols, and

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