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[[start page]] It might be like what happened when my "Lazarus" was bought by the French Government. It was telegraphed to the States "A Negro sells picture to French Government." Now a paper in Baltimore wanted a photo of this "Negro" of course they had none, so out they go & photograph the first dock hand they came across & it looked like maybe some of my distant ancestors when they were come from Africa.
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Top of page has been torn off, so the chicken/turkey story from previous page does not complete!