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Nashville Tenn. 25 Jany. 1866. Maj. Gen. Swayne. U.S.V. Montgomery. [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] My Dear Sir. I have been credibly informed that several families in Jefferson and Blount Counties Alabama are in a state of destitution, and suffering for want of subsistence. Not knowing what measures had been taken for the distribution of the relief provided for such cases I promised to write you on the subject. The cases in Jefferson Co. can be best reached I presume by way of the branch RailRoad running North from Lime Kilns, on the Ala. + Tenn. River RRd. and I think those in Blount can also be