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5 [[strikethrough]] Furnished by the Bureau on some other Auxiliary to the freedpeople until they are more thrifty. Thousands must perish from disease.[[/strikthrough]] I beg leave to say that I think it would be an act of cruelty for the U.S. Government to abandon these unfortunate people in their present ignorant and impoverished condition. Very respectfully Your Obdt Servt Wm. J. Harkisheimer Bvt Maj. and A.S.A. Com. L.B. 243.
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HARKISHEIMER