From the Richmond Dispatch, 4/24/1861, p. 2
THE CITIZENS OF HENRICO who are by age or otherwise exempt from military service, residing contiguous to Mechanicsville Road, from Venable street to the Toll-Gate, and its vicinity, are most earnestly solicited to meet in HOWARD'S GROVE to-day, (WEDNESDAY,) at 5 o'clock P. M., for instant action, to make safe our homes and prepare for any emergency.
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