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DEAR EDITOR:--I take this means of inquiring for my brothers and a sister from whom I have not heard since the first year of freedom. Our father and mother's names were Elijah and Lucy Patterson. Father died in Paducah, Ky., and mother died sometime since the war, I know not where. The names of my brothers and sister that I wish to inquire for are Brothers Burr, Charles and Alford, and sister Mariah. Old master and mistress' names were Robert and Elvira Patterson. He was a lawyer. They had three children, Willie, Arthur and Robert. All of us lived in Paducah, Ky., till just before the break up, when Burr, Charles, and sister Mariah were sold and carried to New Orleans, La. Mother, Alford, Leanders, and Betsey Jane, refugeed with old master's family to Beaumont, Texas. While at Berumont, I was sold, and Bro. Leanders died at the Salidee Place. The rest of the party started back to Paducah just before the war closed, and the last I heard of them they had got as far as Little Rock, Ark., where I think the emancipation stopped them. If any one can give me information regarding my people it will be a great accommodation. Address, care Trinity M.E. Church, Houston, Texas, MRS. BETTIE RAY.