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as the Christian and Sanitary Commissioner &c  I have the honor to report

That it appears from a Report received at this office through Bt Brig. Gen. J.L. Donaldson, Chief Quarter Master of the Department of the Cumberland, from Capt G.B. Whitman, Agent Knoxville, Tenn. that such aid and assistance as could legitimately be afforded to Mr Creswell, in his efforts to elevate the condition of the colored Freed men of that city have constantly been extended to him.  "He has all the time been furnished
with quarters, in connection with

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could not make out what department