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Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893 [General orders no. 30 regarding food rations for contrabands]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02225 Author/Creator: Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Printed document signed Date: January 25, 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 17.5 cm, Width: 11.7 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Townsend, United States Assistant Adjutant General. By order of the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, establishes food rations "for issue by the Subsistence Department to adult refugees and to adult colored persons, commonly called 'Contrabands,' when they are not employed at labor by the Government and who may have no means of subsisting themselves ... " Lists rations of pork, corn meal, potatoes, bread, candles, coffee, and tea, among other items. Provides instructions for frequency of allotment and distribution according to age and sex. Issued from the office of the United States Adjutant General.

Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

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