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information from personal observation, in regard to the back country, the swamps being full of water, and all communication with the river, cut off for miles. Owing to this fact I was compelled to depend considerably upon the statements of the most reliable persons I could find, and when convinced that good could be done, I left provisions in the hands of good, sound loyal men to be distributed by them to the suffering poor whom I found it impossible to reach.

I found a great demand for labor all along the river, with good wages, and there is no necessity for any to suffer for want of food, who are able to work; and I would respectfully

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