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Gainestown I conversed with Dr Amos Wilson, he is an old man and a gentleman of worth and intelligence, he is likewise one of the few Union men of this county, and was imprisoned during the war for disloyalty to the Rebel Government; he assured me, that the destitution existing in the vicinity was very great, Dr Alfred James, a gentleman whose feelings were intensely secessionist, [[strikethrough]] assured [[/strikethrough]] confirmed this statement, he regretted much his father Mr Lorenzo James had left the place, as he said "he had had several communications relative to the want existing in different sections of the county and had been speaking to Governor Patten on the subject I was sorry I did not succeed in seeing him as he was considered the most influential man in the County, and I had letters of introduction to him from a friend at Montgomery. I had likewise a long conversation with Dr Savage of Jackson, a member of the Legislature and a physician in extension practice, he informed