, 1863-09-11
The Frced Men and women.
PRESIDENTS ISLAND. MExr01s,
August %. 1863 {

Major T. P. Robb. Sanitary Agent for Illinois:
DEAR E1E-Burdcncl rs you arc With your pc
cnliut duties, take the liberty Of making re-
iii ab
you viii be willing 70 help rs IN our necessities.
am now IL ch7rEe q the thea camp & of eolored fqgt.
ss iaw q %empsa. @ % have here % Sstwesn | two and
three ttousand people. these there are not
rwo hundrsa edsctivs % ,Hsn The r:m.indes are
We have women viii. children coming in every
b.g. as;e No Ssaa no 9tsns seihs I'd
dss, ia - aud nssTly evefy hour q 1hs az, wom.a
slnoet naked: asking fer The clothing caunot
give them. From our religions services rnsny very
moaestiy BE- present At our Sunday School are
children With but o@e ragged garment. sufficient
st;a X s s9ss7 TO 9.s m
ing clothing, caacciall5 for somea and children.
We arc aleo IN great need Of bedding. tin-wa.e,
eeosin tps and IN fact Of sonsid
| il Illinois, cannot de.c1ibe our destitution in
these respects. To reslze it you must witness it.
heart would ache for them. Something has been
done for ne, bat We must have more aud speedy
aeris1anee, OF there will be great suffering here
But with all this let me say: yoa would hear hat
little ni',s1anri1c II yoa should vist this people,
|
rot complain. some fe~, In their necessities.
m8y look back, and hunger for the feshpots Of
Egypt, but the mott Of them prefer death with
~ Wy - sespestially. ssasl A'" s. A. Krsozsun1,
| Chaplain of til. 18th Illinois Infantry.
| Psi would call your attention to the fact
Cd, .e for ronen and children of boih sexes FOR
men we hnVe clothing enough
This lctte-, having been handed to the Nosth-
western Freed Mems Aid Committee, they take
this mode Of laying it before the benevolent. Sim
ilas destitution prevails At Tlcksburg and Port
Hn6aon, among larger number Of sufferers. The
sa.ita,y Commission has kindly agreed to for
ward, gratultously, anY contributions Of needfu1
storce for the freedmen, addressed to "Sanitary
Commission, Chicago Freedmen's Aid Commit
tee"
| Donors will please send, BY mall, an invoice Of
each box OF parcel st1ting how cent, addressed to
"Rev, C. Il. Fowler, Secretary Northwestern
| Frcetmtn's Aid Committee, Chicago"
! The committee is takin: measures, in conjunc.
| ton with the American Missionary Association,
to increase the number Of schools and teachers for
| the freedmen. That Association has now over
| seventy In the work, aud IL prepared to 60 for
! wardto the full extent Of the me2ns furnished by
the Christian patriotism ofth benevolent They
orc now prepared to receive applications from
r2ILCHt Christian men Qnd women competent ID
act ar teachers, in tho West, where the success ol
our armies is daily bestowin: freedom to hua.
dreds OF people ignor1nt Of the first principles ol
civilization and religion, but most willing to be
taught. They arc hero among ns, and We cannol
get rid Of them, II we would. The peril to on.
national liberties from the annual immigration oi
few thoutand ignorant Europeans is tsia:ns,
compared with the sudden liberation Of four mil
lions Of heathens, whose annual increase alone Ii
treble the amount Of the migration from Europe
Let every Christian patriot Immediately pnt his
hand to this great work OF christianizing the
htathcn Of our Own land,
Rev. R. F. Markham ts the authorized agent to
present the Gauss OF the freedmen In the NORTH
west, ard to solicit contributions.
Collections Of churches and donations OF indi-
vidnals should be forwarded to the Treasurer,
John D. fafwcll, Messzs, Cooley 4 Farwell, Chi
cago. III.
Applications from teachers may be addreasea
to Rev. Robert Patterson, D. D., box asl0. Chi.
,, caZo.
, THE FREKDMAR's CHURCH At LAWRENCE
During the late raid into Lawrence by the rebels
!. under Quantrel, the Fteedmen's Church, 4 neat
: and elegant house of worship, was burned to the
ground. The colozcd people have lost their Ill
the destruction Of thtt city and are not able ia
' rebuild. They ask the benevolent Christian peo,
pic Of Chicago. will they give a fen hundred dol
lars for this purpose: Contributions may be sent
= to Joseph e. Roy, 1t Is Lasalle street, who Il
authorized to receive and forward al saoaeys col
ERECTED for this object.