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I found the negroes had no one to oversee, them and as long as rations were dealt out, they cared but little for work. The system I have inaugurated promises much good, and will tend to educate and elevate this most unfortunate class of our population. I hope to be able in a few weeks to give a more extended and better report, of affairs at the Whitehead farm. I remain Colonel Your most obedt. Servant Jer. I. Dem.[[?]] Capt & Prov. Mar. Lieut. Col. T. H. Harris A.A. Genl Distr. of Ea. Va.
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