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Monk's Corner, S.C.
Dec. 28th 1867

Edw. L. Deane.
A.A.A. Genl.

Major,
In reply to the letter shown me by Capt. Leidtke asking for any facts as to the continuance of the Freedmen's Bureau being desirable or not. (I beg leave respectfully to state that in my opinion the freed people are still unable to take care of themselves. In the matter of medical attendance alone, to which point my observations have been principally confined, it is impossible for them to procure the needed aid in case of sickness without ready money. That very few of them have. The average number applying to one for medicine for themselves & families is from ten to twelve daily, many of them walking ten or fifteen miles. Were they unable to procure what they wish from me, there would certainly be great suffering among them. I think therefore that the general government should in some way watch over them until they are better able than at present to provide for themselves.)

Very respectfully,
Your ob'd't serv't.
Chas. H. Suydam M.D.
A.A. Surg. U.S.A. in charge

Transcription Notes:
REOPENED AND EDITED. Chas. (Charles) H. SUYDAM, M.D. was a surgeon living in South Carolina. ONLINE RECORDS. unfinished