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cast upon a city that has already a large burthen to sustain in the families of soldiers who have died for their country, the citizens feel repugnant to aid them, and even pretty good people turn from them with absolute hardness of heart.  They have not obtained a residence, and consequently the authorities do not feel obligated to care for them as for our own poor, but shove them on, if possible, from county to county. There is little work to be obtained, there are few kinds that they can do. It has seemed to me that it would be wise to establish "home farms" after the manner of the Freedman's Commission, and put these women and children where they can do something for