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To Michigan 24 
To Louisiana 3 
To Massachusetts 2 
To Missouri 3 
To Maryland 2 
To Tennessee 8 
To New York 3 
To South Carolina 7 
To Washington 3 
To Pennsylvania 1

The excess of transportation over a like period heretofore is occasioned by the greater degree of destitution existing at the beginning of the season and the natural tendency of the freedmen under such circumstances to congregate in towns and cities, and the systems adopted of transporting all persons able to earn a support and who apply to the Bureau for relief to such points as labor can be procured for them.-

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