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Union City Tennessee Dec 10th 1865

Brig Gen. Fisk
Nashville

D Sir
I address you for information in regard to the Colord People of Kentucky I want to know if I hire these People if I will be Responsible to their Masters for the hire.
There is a good many of them suffering unemployment in Tennessee and I am told that I would be held Responsible for the hire to their Masters. These People are dissatisfied in Kentucky and intend to leave and I want to know if you will give me Permission to Employ them or not. 
Respectfully yours
B.W. Herring