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w'ld prefer a woman of sufficient years to be reliable as a housekeeper.

Our family is small, consisting of wife & myself & Baby about 6 months old.

If we c'ld secure a woman with a child of 12 or 14, we c'ld take them, either ourselves keeping the child to take care of Baby, or else Mrs. Erdman's mother who lives in the same village, w'ld be glad to take such an one, either girl or boy.

I presume it is not necessary to mention Protestantism as a qualification, as you probably have but few, if any Catholic negroes.

[[strikethrough]] We desire [[/strikethrough]] One object in desiring a freedwoman is to get a servant of our own Religion with whom my wife c'ld alternate in attending Church. 

We pay $2.00 pr wk to a servant who does all the work of the family (house), but if strenght sh'ld not be sufficient to do it all, we will pay $1.50, & hire a washerwoman weekly.

Not knowing on what terms you furnish servants,