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Headquarters Sub-District of Northern Alabama
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Huntsville, Ala Feb 6, 1868

Bvt Major Gen Shorkley
Actg Asst Adjt Genl
Montgomery Ala

Major:

In answer to your communication of the 31st ult., asking to know the probable number who will need assistance from the soup house to be established in this city, I have the honor to state that there are, within reach of its benefits, two hundred and seventy five or three hundred who will need its assistance.

Very Respectfully, 
Your Obt Servt
Robert Harrison
Capt 33rd Inft
Sub-Asst Comm

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