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so large a supply should fall to the lot of a county that is not so much in want, and whose citizens are not so destitute, or so greatly in need of aid, as in other counties of this State. I do not think the poor of Wilkes Co. are actually in a starving condition, and I am quite sure such is the case in some other counties. I have the honor to remain Very respectfully Your obt. svt. Nelson A Miles Col. and Bvt. Maj. Genl. Asst. Commissioner