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feasible plan that I can suggest is for the Government to furnish for gratuitous distribution supplies of corn & meat for the destitute to be distributed by the County Authorities, or by the local agents of the Bureau, with instructions to advise and direct them to get employment as soon as they can, I can think of no better plan at present. It is a very embarrassing & perplexing question and presents difficulties that are almost insurmountable in so large an extent of country as the Southern States

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Svt
Thos. J. Woolf
Judge Probate