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Office Sup't R., F. & A. L.,
Sub-District Huntsville, Alabama
Decbr 25 1865
Gen.
Colo. Goodfellow of this Bureau, knowing my general & extensive acquaintance in the Counties embraced in his District, has called on me, to state my opinion of the ability of the Counties of North Alabama to make provision for the poor, resident therein.

I have been practicing law in the 4th Judicial Circuit for Twenty years, & but few persons have a more general knowledge of the Counties lying in the N. W. Corner of Alabama. I have to say, that beyond doubt, the poor must suffer, & die of want, if they are

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