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DEAR EDITOR—I desire to in- quire [inquire] for my father, Daniel Lip- skin [Lipskin]. My mother was named Lu- cinda [Lucinda], and belonged to John Bertis. Her oldest daughter was named Patsy. The next were Matilda, Violet, and Leathey, one of the twins, My first name was Doctor Bertis, and I was sold to old Bill Littlejohn. The other were An- derson [Anderson], Berry, Patience, Jane, Ada- line [Adaline], Mary, and Felix Bertis, and a brother named Olmstead Wood, and a half sister named Narcisse Lip- skin [Lipskin], who used to belong to old Betsy Lipskin. Any information of them will be thankfully received. Address me at Paris, Lamar county, Texas.

DOCTOR LITTLEJOHN.