Records as a rations report. Good to find a misfiled report (See Report)

The Founding of MitchelvilleIn February 1865 the town of Mitchelville was founded by Col Littlefield in his order #3. It is probable that the town was founded to take care of the population of the newly freed families that came in with General T. Sherman and in his wake. It was estimated that 100 people a day were moving to the island. (See Founding of Mitchelville.)

The Societies divide the mission fieldIn December 1863 at a meeting in Washington, D. C. delegates from the five principal Freedmen's Aid Societies adopted a resolution: "Resolved that we recommend to the several associations that they arrange for themselves, distinct fields for the collection of funds and materials of aid, andthat as far as possible, they avoid all collision or interference which may unfavorably affect their separate interest and the common prosperity." There were still complaints that the "National" organization in New York was crossing boundary lines.

The Fight for Land (adapted from the 2nd Annual Report of the New England Freedmen's Relief)Property in Land. — In March, 1863, the United States sold at auction 16,479 acres of land out of 76,775 acres subject to sale for non-payment of taxes. The lands, with the buildings, brought but 93 cents per acre. About 3,500 acres were taken by the blacks. The number of acres now owned by the Freedmen is said to be not far from 7,350. More recently, at the sale of the town of Beaufort, from seventy-five to