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190 in this State than in either of the others. The Receiver of the land office at this place informs me that numerous applications are made to him by the Freedmen for the purchase of land but as his office is not yet open no sales can be made. I would respectfully suggest that an effort be made to have an amount of land set apart, for the purposes mentioned in Mr Trumbull's bill, in this State equal at least to that proposed to be assigned in the other states. I am satisfied that many Freedmen would embrace the opportunity thus offered to obtain a home and that I could by this means organize a large settlement of them. Very Respectfully, Your Obt Servant Brvt Maj Gen &c Office Assistant Commissioner Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Montgomery, Ala. Jany 22. 1866 John Caldwell Troy, Ala. Sir, I am directed by Maj Gen Swayne in reply to your communication of the 23th inst to say that, that an Assistant Supt of this Bureau is on duty at Greenville Depot, who will attend to the distribution of supplies for that section of Pike Co. near Butler. If you will call on the Asst Supt he will render you all the assistance in his power. Respectfully 191 (Sd) M. C. Wilkinson Capt & A.A.A.G. Office Assistant Commissioner Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Montgomery Ala. Jany 22d 1866 Joel Cadbury Jr Esqr 403 Arch Street Philadelphia Pa Dear Sir; I am requested by Richard Cadbury Esq. Treasurer, to address you in reply to a communication from that gentleman inquiring into the alleged necessity for supplies for the destitute of this region, and very kindly suggesting a measure of relief. In reply I have to state that in this District, the ordinary needs of the poverty stricken are aggravated by the deprivation and casualties of a long war, and other causes equally marked. The blacks, happily, are at work, and generally prosperous. Only the dependent among them are to be cared for. The whites present a vast array of widowhood and orphanage without so general a capacity for labor. But either class presents an exhaustive field for the active sympathy of the benevolent, and I was especially rejoiced at Mr. Richard Cadbury's reference to a supply of clothing for women and children. The list of articles procurable from the Quartermasters Department includes nothing application to their wants, and I can say nothing strong than that there are today numbers of these afflicted and recovering from small pox in different hospitals
