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Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Hd Qrs. Dist of Beaufort N.C., Beaufort N.C. May, 5th, 1866 Colonel I have the honor to enclose herewith requisition for the month of January 1867 for Rations for the destituted whites and Blacks, for part of this Sub District, (Carteret County) Onslow County - not yet heard from. The information of the destitution of these people is derived from the [[?]] of the poor or the County, and from my personal knowledge, the [[?]] of so many destitute, [[?]] in this county is owing to their coming here during the war a large number of aged [[?]] and [[?]] with large helpless families. There is and always was a large number of poor white families in this county Very respectfully Your [[?]] [[?]] Richard Dillon [[?]] and [[?]] [[?]]