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Peru, Ill July the 16 1867

General Howard

Sir

i am very sorry that i haf to complain about the treatmon that we are receaving this man that I work for choked one of the colored girls and 5 of us went up stars and stoped him and now he wants to send to gov to firnish him som moor help so as to discharge as whitch he treats us like we was dom Bruts and not like we was human now Mr Howard for as for the wellfare of our colord people and pleas dont send