The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919Various
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The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919
Various
African Americans -- Periodicals
_Dear sir_: I seen your adds in the paper & after reading I saw
where I could do some business for you & if you will write & let
me know promply what you will allow me for heads & let me know
right away I can get you as many as thirty at once & I know that
you do not want nothing but able bodied men if you will as soon
as you get this mail let me know by wireing me & I can get the
men ready by Thursday wire me as soon as your early convenence.
will also send you my recamendation that I am a true and reliable
negro if you take the notion to send the ticket send me money
emough to feed them until we get there you can estamate about how
much it will take to feed thirty all of them is anxious to go &
will go at the word from you please return the recamendation
back.
MOBILE, ALA., April 21, 1917.
_Gentlemen_: Please have the kindness to let me know if you can
handle any labor as I wish to come north but would like to know
just who I am going to work for before starting so as to not be
there on expences and in the main time I have other friends that
would like to have a steady imployment while they are unable to
raise the money for transportation. Let me know what disposition
you could make in regards to the same.
MOBILE, ALA., May 15, 1917.
_Dear Sir and Brother_: I am in the information of your labores
league and while in this city I have been asked about the
conditions of work in the north and at the same time we have
about 300 men here in this city of different trades. Some are
farmers, mail men iron and stell workers, mechanics and of all
classes of work. They ask me in their union to find out just the
conditions of the afair. They wants to know if they can go to
work in one or two days after they get there? if so some of them
can pay all of their fair some half and some wants to come on
conditions. will the company send them a pass and let them pay
them back weekly? if so I can send 500 more or less in order that
you may know who I am I will send you some of my papers that you
may know what I stand for and what I have been taking along,
please let me hear from you at once and what you think about it.
LETTERS ABOUT LABOR AGENTS
MOBILE, ALA., 4-26-17.
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