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continued on a considerable scale until the Legislature shall have provided an efficient system of care for the poor, which they failed to do last winter, yet it is distinctly kept in view that the agency of the General Government is to be continued only so long as starvation is the inevitable alternative. Into this view, I am happy to say, the Governor enters fully, and if he shall succeed well in the disposition of his bonds, the means at his command will enable him to provide most of the supplies after the month of August.

I am, General,
Very Respectfully,
Your obedient Servant,
Wager Swayne
Major General,
Asst. Commissioner.