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Government in relieving their destitute citizens - The expenses incurred by yourself or your agents in executing this order, will be audited and paid at this office.

Respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.
Davis Tillson
Bvt. Maj. Gen. & Ass't Com'r.

S. L. Dunning Esq.
Agent Bureau R.F.&A.L.
Atlanta, Ga.

P.S. I desire to have you ascertain the amount of food necessary to supply the immediate wants of the destitute in each of the Counties mentioned; and also the amount that will probably be required for the purpose, before the new crops can become available, and the Counties able to supply the wants of their destitute through the normal channel.
D.T.

Copy sent S. W. Selvidge Esq. }
Agent Bureau R.F.&A.L. for }
Whitefield Co.- Dalton, Ga. }
Caboose, Whitfield, Dade, Gordon, Walker, Murray, and Chattooga Counties.