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there are a good many inteligent freedmen that know their obligation to their country & will as all in their person to have the more ignorant class. They will not be any  politicians who have not been their friends.
I am Sir
Very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt
E.H. Ripley
Cap V.R.C. & Asst. Supt.