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| WHEN RECEIVED. | NAME OF WRITER. | DATE AND PURPORT OF LETTER. |
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| May 22d 1865 #1 | Saxton R. Brev. Maj. Genl. Asst. Comr &c Sent to A.G.O. Aug 2d for information | Beaufort S.C. May 7" 1865. Encloses copy of the order of Brig. Genl. J.P. Hatch Comd'g Dept. of the south, in relation to cultivation of lands by Planters, and asks information in regard to his  own jurisdiction, and the wishes of the Sec. of War. Filed in L.B.#10 S.O.# |

| May 27 1865 #2 E and M page 2 | Saxton R. Brev Maj. General. | Beaufort S.C. May 7 1865. States that he has received orders to stop recruiting, and has done so. Requests permission to complete two regiments, the officers of which have been designated. Encloses copy of General Order No.3 from his Hd Qrs (referred from Prov. Mar. Gen'ls office by direction of the Secy of War. |

| May 27 1865 #3 | Shaw Frances George Pres. Nat'l Freedmen's Relief Ass'n | New York May 25" 1865. States that in the 1 inst. he has in the various Departments of Dist. Columbia, Va. North & South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, more than one hundred and fifty Agents and teachers devoted to the welfare and education of the freed people, and that supplies of various kinds were shipped to those Departments as follows.
January $20,372,79 
February $25,467.58  
March 12,313. -
Ap'l 17.082,65 Total $75,236,02. Requests copies of orders & circulars issued from this Bureau. File. |

| May 29 1865 #4 | Speed J.F. and others to the President | Louisville, Ky. Aug 19 1864. Recommending Wm. P. Thomasson or N.B. Tomasson as eminently fitted for position of Comr. to settle with loyal owners for their enlisted slaves referred from Sen. Ward. (report Col Thomasson) File |