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[[strikethrough]] If the Confederate won [[/strikethrough]]
And as I am a colored man and have been a slave and when a slave use to pray that a day of liberty would come and it has come and John G Hill with your self and others have done many good things for us and I believe will do all you can for us in the future. Now General I am one of the trustees of Berea Coledge and know enough about this matter myself, but I want others satisfied about it for I am the agent for this adamy and those reports hinder my progress in collecting means to compleet our work here at this point. 
Please answer this as soon as possible and oblige. Your friend
Gabriel Burdett

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