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Office of the Asst Superintendent B. of RF & AL
Westmoreland and Richmond Counties Va
Montross Va Novr 21st 1865.

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Capt D.W. Bohonon
Supt 10th Va District
Fredericksburg Va

Captain
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Richmond County is sadly afflicted in having a notoriously meddlesome Divine of whom you may have heard, the Rev Mr. Ward.  I have been told he has had several interviews with Governor Pierpont and has lately returned from Washington, his aim being the removal of the Troops, he asserts that the people can take care of themselves and the colored people without the assistance of Non-residents of the State. he has been heard to boast that if they (the

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