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E and M 57 S.D. of M 1868 Hd Qrs. District of Alabama Bu of R.F. & A. Lands Montgomery Ala. Jany 31/68 Feby 8/68 Shorkley George Capt 15 Inf. Bvt. Maj U.S.A. A.A.Q.M. Requests report of the probable number of persons in Mobile who will need assistance from the Soup Houses ordered to be established. Office Bureau Refugees & Freedmen Mobile Ala Feby 3. 1868 Respectfully referred to Hon. G. Horton, Major of Mobile, who is requested to endorse, hereon, his estimate of the number of whites who will probably require support James Gillette Brevt Major USA S.A. Comr Mayor's Office Mobile, Feby. 6. 1868 From the numerous applications made to me for relief, and the information I have been able to get from others, I am of the opinion that there several hundred white people, that need relief at the present time. G. Horton Mayor E and M 61 SD of M 1868. Office Sub-District of Mobile Bu. of R.F and A.L. Mobile, Ala. Feb. 8th 1868 Respectfully returned to Asst. Commissioner State of Alabama It is thought that there are about (500) five hundred persons in the city and county who require assistance It is impossible to estimate the number living in the country who will require assistance. James Gillette Capt. 15th Inf Bvt. Maj U.S.A Sub-Asst. Commr.
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Gustavus Horton was Mayor of Mobile in 1868 (per Wikipedia)