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Raleigh 21 Nov. 1865
My dear sir
You have been already in-
formed by Rebacca that Duncan was here - On
my return from Hillsboro. I was informed by
Morriss that he had left Durham that morning
after we had left, with the intention of going
to Goldsboro to engage in business there When
I reached home I heard he was once at Dr. [illegible]
I went over immediately to see him - he was there
but as soon as he heard I was there, went off
& did not return that night - I left next
morning for the plantation requesting Mr. P at
[heson?] to find him & bring him home & keep
him until I returned - he did so & has been
with us ever since going off occasionally &
absorbing himself from his meals. tonight
May was informed by [illegible] that he had
Sold a pair of shoes he had on to an old
man we have here & was trying to sell him
his clothes he had on. I sent for the old
man to enquire about it & he told me he
had bought apair of shoes for $1.25! & that he
offered to sell him the suit of clothes he had
on for $15 saying they were too coarse for him
that he had tried to sell them to a man
named John, but he had not the money to