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Office U.S. Military Telegraph,
War Department.
The following Telegram received at Washington, 110 am. June 24 1865.
From Beaufort SC June 22 1865.
Gen Howard
Your telegraph is recd. I would recommend eight (8) dollars per month over & above clothing & medical attendance as fair rate of compensation for an able bodied man field hand six (6) dollars a month for a woman, four (4) dollars & three (3) dollars per month for half hand boy or girl of fourteen (14) with a lien on crops to secure payment, for male house servants first class ten (10) dollars per month female ditto eight (8) dollars with intermediate rates down to half hands.
I would recommend the establishment