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of it is so great, & it must take a long time to supply this want from foreign immigration. The white & colored population, from long habit, have become suited to each other, & in the event of a general separation, they would probably soon request the change that had taken place. The disarrangement of the relations between them [[strikethrough]] that have taken place [[/strikethrough]] I look on as temporary, & in the new channel which must soon be formed, the current of affairs, I have no doubt, will, in a little time run smoothly. I have written more than I intended, & should not have done so, were it not that a statement of the condition of my plantations, may be taken as a general & fair exposition of that of the estates in this part of Virginia. I give these views at the request of Col. Brown to whom they are respectfully submitted. Wm. F. Wickham 9th Sepr. 1865 -