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As I am entirely without a house, & have tried in every direction to get one & have failed, I know not to whom to apply except the authorities at Rocky Mt.

I have three little [[strikethrough]] she [[/strikethrough]] children & have no husband. consequently no one to support them; as they are not large enough to earn their own living, the eldest not being but five years old, the youngest a babe, four [[strikethrough]] f [[/strikethrough]] months old. I can't find anybody that will take us on any terms, & have neither father nor mother, brother nor sister to look to. By my labor I can't feed my children, let alone clothe them, & they have been very poorly fed [[strikethrough]] clothed [[/strikethrough]] & scarcely clothed atall since I left my former Master who is now getting old, & is not able to keep me & do justice to his own family. I never know to want the necessaries of life untill since I left him. I never freed myself, & was doing well before freedom came about, since which time I have no