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Chicago Ill May 31 — 1867 L Edwin Dudley Esq Dear Sir Perhaps I am troubling you to much — but I want a litle information — which I hardly know how to obtain — the enclosed pamphlet will explain my business = How can I obtain reliable information about colored miners in and around Washington — Our miners are on a strike — and have been for sometime — and they trouble us so much in this manner that I want to get a new lot = The local mines of Virginia used to be worked by slaves — and it is of this class that I want to get information — If you can give me any name to write to on the subject should feel under great Obligation I Remain Very Respectfully C C Merrick