"I want to give the grand work of your Society a little push this year, so send you a draft. May your work be prospered in increasing fold as the years go by. The work is one the world over, and the same God is in it all.
“Yours heartily,
James N. Pettee.”
THE FREEDMEN.
REV. JOS. E. ROY, D.D.,
FIELD SUPERINTENDENT, ATLANTA, GA.