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Distribution of Clothing to the Poor |
| Entitled "Headquarters of Vincent Collyer, at New Berne, N.C.---Distributing Captured Clothing to the Needy" -- this is an illustration from 'The Soldier in Our Civil War' published in about 1880. |
| [Note: The sign below indicates that this was being done at the headquarters of the Superintendent of the Poor; however, in most locations this was done by an official called an "Overseer of the Poor." PHL ] |
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