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0853 New London (Conn) Dec. 14th 1865. To Hon E M Stanton Sec. of War, D.C. Dear Sir, Mrs. Josephine S. Griffing addressed a large congregation in this city in her tour North, An Ass'n of much influence has been formed & is doing well. She did not say as has been reported by [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] careless writers, that "20,000 were starving" "were naked" & all that - but that the able bodied men were self-supporting, but that large numbers of old & feeble & women and children very much needed aid, & that women
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