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DEAR EDITOR: I am inquiring for a lost kindred. My mother is Margaret Johnson, my sisters are Julin and Mary, brothers are Everetta Ben, John, Peter and Nepoleon, They belonged to John Douglas, Richmond, Virginia. I was brought out from there by the negro traders to Alexandria, La., eight years before the war. My mother and father belonged to the Methodist Church. My father's name was Ben John Douglas. Kept a boarding house, my mother worked at the boarding house. Douglas had two sons, one was a lawyer. Walter Douglas, the other I do not remember. Any information of my people will be thankful received. Address in care of my pastor, Rev. H. J. Wright, Alexandria, La. VIRGINIA HINES