DESTITUTE FREEDMEN. General Saxton has issued a circular:
“Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Charleston, S. C., November 9, 1865 “The freedmen in the States of South Carolina and Georgia are, in most cases in a destitute condition in regards to clothing and blankets to protect during the ensuing winter, and donations are urged to aid these poor people…… All articles of clothing would be a charity well bestowed. By order of Bvt. Maj.Gen. R. Saxton, Asst. Commissioner. H. W. Smith, Asst. Adj. General.
(Liberator, Dec. 1, 1865, pg 3)
