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0440

Mansfield Sept 7th /66

Genl McBride

Dear Sir

Will you be kinde enough to reply to the following as soon as possible

What proportion of the rations issued to the people in the South M422 R.F.&A.L vol 8 1866 since the close of the war have been issued to the Whites, and what proportion to the Blacks, as shown by the Statistics of the Commissary Dept or Freedman's Bureau, by replying to this, as early as convenient, you will greatly oblige.

Yours Truly,
C.F. Loomis

Genl
Please return letter with your communication.
Jas D. McB.