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Brooks ville

Augst[[August]] the 3 the 1867

General Swain

Kind Sir
I received your mesage [[message]] in answer to the letter I wrote to you. You advised me to apply to the beat agent for rations; that there had been a sufficiency sent on for every indigent I did so, he said that he had divided every thing that had been placed in his charge to each one as nigh as he possibly could. We have not drawn monthly rations but twice this year and twice from the Charitable Sisters, I have six children under twelve years of age and one an invalid and I have drawn for the seven twelve bushels of corn and twenty nine pounds of bacon. I live in the Brooks Ville Beat Bradock - Harris is our Beat Agent. I once had a husband and two sons and also two able stout Negroes to help me and they are all gone now never no more to return. I do all the sewing that I can get to do I have made 20 shirts for one person at 25 cts a shirt and you can judge for your self at the present price of provisions how mutch it will get. I have an industrious family of children they are allways [[always]] busily engaged we have to spin for cotton to make our clothes out off. My family is very bare for clothing at this time.

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