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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07205.039 Author/Creator: Kilroy, Patrick, fl. 1863 Place Written: Port Royal Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 September 1863 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 26 cm Order a Copy

He is upset because in many Northern papers there are reports of the freedmen of the South growing an abundance of crops like cotton, corn and potatoes. The turth is that the all the costs that go into paying the freedmen and rations far outweigh the amount of crops that are actually produced.

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