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been set to Nashville on this subject and confidently expects the supplies within a day or two- In the mean time I have arranged to distribute the five thousand rations daily among the thirteen counties composing the District as follows- Blount 363 Cherokee 626 DeKalb 326 Franklin 246 Jackson 426 Lauderdale 664 Limestone 218 Lawrence 274 Madison 306 Marion 369 Morgan 396 Marshall 428 Winston 158/ 5000 This estimate was based upon the reports of destitute from these counties made in 1865 and, though perhaps not reliable now, was the nearest approximation