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P.S.
I have just been informed that a message was sent to you from "Simon Brown's Company", and that they were going to make a grand attack tomorrow Saturday-night and shoot and beat all the colored people they could find. Whether true or not I am not able to say. however if you will send your boy down to Cherry Stone on Sunday night about eight I will send you a telegram and inform you whether they do this or not. The report says they are going to do this and then clear out. 
F. H. E.
I certify that this foregoing is a true copy from the original letter, 
James A. Bates
Bvt. Lt. Col. & A.A.A.G.

Transcription Notes:
Added quotations around "Simon Brown's Company", changed "the is" to "this forgoing" and changed capitalization and punctuation to match apparent errors in OG