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laws and a clear understanding of the real situation of things in the South, and how they still, from long habit, invariably catch their cue from the tone temper and attitude of their aristocratic oracles and masters, whose swaggering absolutism nothing but the actual presence of the power of the government in their midst seems to check or soften.
Very Respectfully
Your  obt. Servant
Marcus S. Hopkins
Bt. Maj A. Supt O. and L. Cos Va

Genl O. Brown
A.A.A.G. Dpt Potomac