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H.J. Samuels
Va Wheeling
Charles Russell reports [unreadable] at Spencer [unreadable] surrender of Col Ruthone call for aid at Ravenswood I have none to send I have ordered the militia to Charleston the next part [?] he attacks us I think
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J.A.J. Lightburn
Col
Transcription by Brittani Lynch, undergraduate student enrolled in Dr. Billy Joe Peyton's Fall 2010 "Introduction to Public History" at West Virginia State University