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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