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Young, R.J. 126
Yeokley, P.A. Lieut. 186

March 2d 1866

Mr. E. C. Estes
Sec. Ex. Com. &c.

Dear Sir:

Yours of a recent date enclosing Bank Checks to the amount of $ 264 and one for $100 for me has been rec'd and money distributed.

I have also rec'd from you 25 packages clothing, school booklets and an invoice of the same. 

I am afraid our market is overstocked with clothing. Miss Smiley is a heavy operator, and chiefly in the way of gratuity. Mr. C.J. Chase also, as agent of the Freedmen's and Union Commissioner, has an extensive industrial school and has a large amount of clothing. The teachers in all parts of the town are receiving supplies from their friends - and really the business is over-done - particularly in regard to women's and children's undergarments and old clothes generally.

Your policy of selling, rather than giving, I have recommended everywhere, and insisted on where I could. Great harm has been done by the