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FIRST ANNUAL REPORT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PORT ROYAL RELIEF COMMITTEE. 
 
 PRESENTED AT A PUBLIC MEETING 
 
 IN 
 
 GQNeiPT MALis GMlSTfPCtTT ST., FHtLASiLPMOA, 
 
 MARCH 26tlx, 16S3. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA: 
 
 MERRIHEW & THOMPSON, PRINTERS, 
 
 Lodge St., corner of Kenton Place. 
 
 1863. 
 
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 MEMBERS OF THE PORT ftOVAL RELIEF COMMITTEE, 
 
 Stephen Colwell, 1031 Arch street. 
 James A. Wright, 115 Walnut street. 
 Benjamin Coates, 127 Market street. 
 Rev. Dr. Newton, 251 S. 13tfh street. 
 Rev. J. Wheaton Smith, 514 S. 10th street. 
 •J. Huntingdon Jones, 625 Walnut street. 
 Philip P. Randolph, 321 S. 4th street. 
 MoRDECAi L. Dawson, 1420 Spruce street. 
 J. ]VI. McKiM, 106 N. 10th street. 
 E. W. Clark, 35 S, 3d street. 
 Charles Rhoades, 513 Pine street. 
 Francis R. Cope, No, 1 Walnut street. 
 L. Montgomery Bond, 53 S. Front street. 
 Ellis Yarnall, 418 S. Delaware avenue. 
 Wm. BiDDLE, No. 17 S. 7th street. 
 Wistar Morris, No. 209 S. 3d street. 
 M. W. Baldwin, No. 500 N. Broad street. 
 Benjamin P. Hunt, Frankford road and Harrison street. 
 
 OFFICERS OF THE PORT RttYAL RELIEF COMMITTEE. 
 
 CHAIRMAN, 
 
 STEPHEN COLWELL. 
 
 TREASURER, 
 
 E. W. CLARK. 
 
 RECORDING SECRETARY, 
 
 ELLIS YARNALL. 
 
 CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, 
 
 BN. P. HUNT. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON PURCHASES, 
 
 BENJAMIN COATES, FR. R. COPE, J. A. WRIGHT. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE, 
 
 STEPHEN COLWELL, BN. P. HUNT, 
 
 J. MILLER McKIM, ELLIS YARNALL, 
 
 P. P. RANDOLPH. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON TEACHERS. 
 
 J. M. McKIM, F. R. COPE, 
 
 P. P. RANDOLPH, BN. P. HUNT. 
 
EEPORT. 
 
 The object of this Association is indicated by its name. It 
 had its origin in a public meeting held in this city a little more 
 than a year ago. That meeting was called in response to earn- 
 est appeals made to northern philanthropy by Gen. Sherman, 
 then at the head of our land forces in South Carolina, and Com- 
 modore, now Admiral, Dupont, the victorious commander of our 
 fleet in the bay of Port Royal. The meeting,— which had for its 
 chairman Bishop Potter, and was addressed by Dr. Tyng,of New 
 York, and others, — adopted a series of resolutions, one of which 
 was as follows : 
 
 "That a permanent Committee of fifteen be appointed, with power to 
 add to their number whose business it shall be to receive and forward to 
 their destination contributions in food, clothes and other articles, and to 
 adopt such further measures for the benefit of the freed blacks in the Sea 
 Islands, as they may deem expedient." 
 
 The Committee thus appointed, constitutes, with some slight 
 changes and additions, the Association, which now presents its 
 Annual Report. 
 
 There had been previously started in Boston and Kew York 
 two other Associations similar in character. By means of these, 
 with the sanction of the Government, a corps of superintendents 
 and teachers, for service at Port Royal, had been promptly or- 
 ganized. The business of the former was to be the oversight and 
 direction of the labor of the people ; that of the latter exclusive 
 devotion to the work of instruction ; the whole to be under the 
 direction of Ed. L. Pierce, Esq., special agent of the Treasury 
 Department. 
 
 These parties had nearly all reached the ground by the time 
 
our Philadelphia Committee was fairly organized. Thej were 
 followed soon after by a benevolent lady of this city, Miss Laura 
 Towne, who, under our auspices, but at her own charges, has, from 
 that time to the present, devoted herself enthusiastically to this 
 philanthropic work. 
 
 The blacks on the island were found, as Commodore Dupont 
 and General Sherman had represented them, in a state of great 
 destitution ; their scant clothing was in rags, and starvation 
 stared them in the face. Our Committee was advised that the 
 best step they could take would be to ship at once, for their im- 
 mediate relief, a supply of food and raiment ; " the same which 
 we were also forward to do." With funds placed in our hands 
 by friends who had been appealed to, we sent out a shipment 
 of food costing upwards of ??1,000, and consisting of bacon, fish 
 and molasses, besides several cases of clothing, most of it new 
 and part of it furnished us by voluntary contribution. 
 
 The distribution of these articles, which Avas kindly superin- 
 tended by our faithful coadjutor, Miss Towne, was followed by the 
 happiest results. Letters received from Mr. Pierce, and others, 
 spoke in the most grateful terms of our "opportune and judicious 
 gift," and a repetition of the favor was earnestly solicited. This 
 was agreed to, and a new and larger invoice was forwarded, the 
 dispensation of which was followed by similar eflfects. Besides 
 feeding the hungry, and clothing the naked, these supplies in- 
 spired the blacks with new confidence, proving to them, beyond 
 question, the existence of a disposition and power on the part of 
 the people of the North to befriend them. 
 
 The Committee had still resources at their command, in their 
 treasury and in the good will of the people ; but the proper dis- 
 position to be made of them was a point which they were at a 
 loss to determine. What was it that the people most needed ? 
 Was it food for the body or aliment for the mind ? Was it moral 
 or material aid ? Were more teachers required, and if so, with what 
 qualifications should they come ? To answer these questions 
 aright it was necessary that some one connected with the Gov- 
 ernment should undertake a tour of personal inspection. The 
 task devolved on the writer of this report; who accordingly 
 made a visit to the Islands ; saw the people — in their huts ; at 
 
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 school ; in clmrcli ; at work in the fields : conferred with 
 teachers, superintendents, and others, including military and na- 
 val men of high and low degree, and came home with the infor- 
 mation needed for the Committee's purpose. This information was 
 laid before the Committee and its effect was a new impulse given to 
 their operations. An addition was at once made to the corps of 
 teachers already in the field ; new superintendents, to fill a re- 
 quisition made by General Saxton, were selected, and steps were 
 taken to establish on the islands a store, for the sale, to the blacks, 
 of needed and useful articles. This latter measure was deemed 
 necessary for the protection of their unsophisticated people from 
 the gross extortions to which tliey were subject from army and 
 other traders. It was strongly recommended by General Saxton, 
 who desired that the Philadelphia Committee should assume the 
 responsibility of conducting it. 
 
 The Committee have now in their employment six teachers, all 
 females, exclusively devoted to their work, and on their books the 
 names of ten superintendents, whose co-operation as voluntary 
 instructors, as occasion offers, and in other ways, they regard as 
 of much value. A recent marriage at Beaufort Headquarters 
 has taken from under their care one of the most valued teachers, 
 but they rejoice in the belief that the lady of whose services they 
 are thus deprived has been transferred to a larger sphere of use- 
 fulness. 
 
 The store, so strongly recommended, has been established, and 
 with a capital sufficient for its present purposes. It is under the 
 charge of Mr. John Hunn, late of Sussex county, Delaware ; a 
 gentleman well reputed for his probity and general worth. Mr. 
 Hunn consents to serve the Commiitee in this capacity at a mod- 
 erate salary, finding his chief compensation — as is true of all 
 our other employees — in the opportunities it affords him of pro- 
 . moting the cause. His enterprise is completely successful, as 
 may be inferred from the following extracts from the Secretary's 
 correspondence : 
 
 "Mr. Hunn's store," says Miss Towne, in a letter,dated Jan. 22, 1863, 
 " appears to be in a flourishing condition, for it is always crowded. It is 
 difficult to get into it some days. Warnock'S; in Eighth street, comes 
 into ray mind whenever I see the hurry and crowding of the eager people 
 around the counter, and the activity of Mr. H.'s family ))ehind it. Per- 
 
hap3 no goods gave such great pleasure as the small shoes. The pride 
 of parents in the little feet, shod for the first time, was amusing. These 
 people make a great distinction between their free-born and their other 
 children. Nothing is too good for the former, but the latter must do with 
 what they have been accustomed to." 
 
 Mr. Hunn, himself, writes as follows : 
 
 OaJdand Plantation, St. Helena, llth mo. IWi, 1862. 
 
 Esteemed Friend : — Please hasten the shipment of goods requested by 
 me ten days since. I have no red flannel nor any cassiuette for men 
 and boys' clothes — only half a barrel of molasses, a quarter barrel of 
 sugar, only half a piece of bed ticking — no hardware of any sort and but 
 little crockery. 
 
 This store is of great importance to the people of these Islands. I be- 
 lieve I can sell $20,000 per year, if properly supplied with goods. Ecady- 
 raade clothing, at reasonable prices, is the most saleable article in this 
 region. I could sell $.500 worth of it during this week, if I had it. I 
 have averaged nearly $100 per day of sales since I opened the goods. 
 
 I am very much pleased with these people. They evince a disposition 
 to avail themselves of every opportunity for improvement. I expect to 
 live in this land during the remainder of my Life. 
 
 Other extracts of the same tenor might be added, but these will 
 suffice. 
 
 The success of this store is full of suggestion. It throws light 
 on the great economic problem now undergoing solution in this 
 country. 
 
 Mr. Ilunn's estimate in ]^[ovember was that his sales for the 
 year would reach $20,000. Judging from his reports since, this 
 estimate is below rather than above the mark. This, be it noted, 
 is in a population of, say, 2500, where the wages of those of 
 this number who are able to work have been scant, and the 
 wants of all few. Now, if it takes §20,000 worth of northern 
 goods to supply the wants of 2500 black people twelve months 
 after their emancipation, it will require at this rate, to meet the 
 demands of the three-and-a-half millions now in bondage, when 
 they shall be emancipated, §28,000,000 ! But as the people's wages 
 increase, their wants increase. What at first are regarded luxu- 
 ries, soon become necessities. If §28,000,000 for the year rep- 
 resent the amount of northern products likely to be demanded 
 for consumption by the southern blacks, in the initial, inchoate 
 stages of their freedom, how much larger will be tl e sum rec^uired 
 
for this purpose when these millions shall be fairly settled in the 
 full enjoyment of all liberty's blessings. -The store set up by the 
 Philadelphia committee, at Port Eoyal, is but an avant courier 
 of other and more important establishments of the same kind yet 
 to follow. The line of trade thus so auspiciously commenced 
 between this city and the new South, is only a harbinger of the 
 vast commerce between the two sections which is in reserve for 
 the future. 
 
 The success of the schools started by the teachers in the em- 
 ployment of the committee has also been, in the highest degree, 
 encouraging. The reports of all the ladies are, and have been 
 from the beginning, of one tenor. Miss Ellen Murray, in a let- 
 ter dated from "The Oaks/ \ plantation, November 11th, 1862, 
 thus writes : 
 
 " The whooping-cough has interfered with the school, and kept some of 
 the children away, but they will soon be back. They like school too well 
 to stay away any longer than is necessary. I have never seen children 
 enjoy learning as they do. They exult in their new books as other chil- 
 dren do iu playthings, and it is rarely that we have to complain" of inat- 
 tention. My class, the most advanced of the school, are reading easily 
 and rapidly through Wilson's First Reader. By way of variety, I give 
 them a lesson in the Bible Readers. They are half through them, and 
 read the verses readily. These books, of which we have a large number, 
 are just the right kind to give to adult scholars. All the men who went 
 from this plantation to join the ' S. 0. Volunteers,' begged for them, their / 
 captain having promised to teach them to read. 
 
 JVIy class have commenced to write, for which art they manifest an 
 unbounded enthusiasm. But with arithmetic^ it is different, and I nearly 
 despair over the multiplication table. I speak only of my own class, each 
 of us being too busy to notice the classes of others. The conduct of all 
 the scholars is good. No punishment of any kind has been needed in the 1 
 school, beyond that of sending some of the younger ones, when talkative 1 
 or inattentive, to set in a pew above. Our school is in the Baptist j 
 church." 
 
 Under date of Dec. 14th, 1862, Miss Charlotte H. Forten, 
 another of our teachers, thus Avrites : 
 
 " Every day it seems to me more wonderful how a people so long 
 crushed to the earth, with intellect benumbed, as one would suppose it 
 to be, can be capable of learning with such facility as many of these chil- 
 dren do. I wish their enemies at the North could witness their unwea- 
 ried efforts, and the great improvement which many of them make. Our 
 school is quite large at present. At our last session we had a hundred 
 
and twenty-two. I tliiuk I can say truly, that, as a whole, they are not 
 only bright and eager to le.arn, but remarkably -well behaved. In New 
 England I taught only white children — the descendants of generations of 
 freemen — who had been surrounded with good influences from their birth. 
 Yet I can say with truth, that these poor negro children, born to slavery 
 and degradation, compare, in many respects, most favorably with those 
 highly- favored white children." 
 
 We have similar testimonies from Miss Annie Heacock, Miss 
 Gayner Heacock, Miss Matilda Thompson, (now Mrs. General 
 Saxton,) and others ; but it is needless to insert them. 
 
 As has been stated, the committee has at present but six teach- 
 ers in the field. To meet the wants of the people, this number 
 should be quadrupled. And there is no lack of candidates, for 
 on the Secretary's files are the applications of some thirty to 
 forty ladies, well qualified for the duty, and all eager to engage in 
 the work. But we are unable to send them for want of funds. 
 
 On the whole, the experiment of Freedom made at Port Royal, 
 under the auspices of the Government, and with the aid of this 
 and other similar associations, has been in an eminent degree 
 satisfactory. It constitutes a conclusive argument, drawn alike 
 from moral and material considerations, in favor of giving the 
 negro his freedom. It demonstrates his capacity for self sup- 
 port, his ready subordination to authority, and his respect for 
 law. It shows that with his desire for improvement, and the 
 white man's increasing disposition to aid him in his efturts he can 
 and will rise in due time to the proper place of a free-raan. 
 
 The argument which the friends of this enterprise had hoped 
 to present from its pecuniary results is not so striking as at one 
 time was anticipated. The yield of the cotton crop, from causes 
 beyond control, namely, late planting, want of manure, and the 
 worm &c. &C.,"' has disappointed expectation. Nevertlieless, the 
 proceeds — in dollars and cents — have been more than sufficient to 
 pay all the cost of its cultivation, while the rich harvest that has 
 been gathered, in the way of proof of the black man's capacity, 
 has been more than sufficient to satisfy all reasonable demands. 
 
 The prospects for the coming year, though from the unsettled 
 state of the country not flattering in an agricultural point of 
 view, are in all other respects full of promise. The schools are 
 well established, and likely to go on witliout interruption. The 
 
labor of the people — AvKich our northerners now know better how 
 to direct — will be devoted chiefly to the raising of corn and other 
 articles of food, and will be performed by old men, women, boys 
 under age, and others not fit for military duty. 
 
 The negro, having proved his capacity to work as a free- 
 man, is now called upon to show his ability to fight as a 
 soldier. Thus far in every experiment that has been made, 
 the demonstration has been in his favor. The latest news 
 from Port Royal has furnished fresh and striking illustra- 
 tion of the fact that in war and in peace the negro and the 
 white man are alike human. IMr.* Reuben Tomlinson, of this 
 city, and one of our most esteemed coadjutors, in a letter dated 
 March 16th, writes as follows : " These blacks are slow about 
 getting into the army, but when they are once in, they fight like 
 Trojans. They submit patiently to the draft, and their improve- 
 ment in character and bearing when they become soldiers is so 
 marked that every one notices it. Much as I regret their with- 
 drawal from agriculture, and the consequent interference with 
 our plans for the coming year, my faith is ;' firm that the best 
 thing that can be done is to put these people into the army." Let- 
 ters from ]Mr. John Heacock, Mr. William Towne, from all our 
 Philadelphia superintendents, in fact, testify substantially to the 
 same efi"ect. 
 
 It will be seen by the following account current and memo- 
 randa, that besides a large quantity of clothing and other need- 
 ful articles, estimated in value at §8,000, the Committee has 
 received as contributions to its funds, $11,581.59 in cash. Of 
 this sum §4,171.60 have been applied to the purchase of food and 
 clothing for gratuitous distribution, §1,230.04 to meet the sala- 
 ries of storekeeper and teachers and general expenses, and |300 
 as a donation to the Women's Aid Society ; leaving §5,879.95 as 
 capital for the store. This capital, which of course fluctuates 
 somewhat as contributions come in, and sums for general expenses 
 are paid out, has served, since the 18th of September last, to 
 purchase goods amounting to §15,146.43, and it thus has been 
 turned over more than two and a half times in six months. And 
 had ready means of shipment been always at our command, its 
 movement could have been accelerated to four revolutions, at 
 
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 least, wltliin the same time. The sales are all for cash, and the 
 storekeeper's remittances most prompt. But room in the -weekly 
 Government steamers from New York, the only regular trans- 
 ports between the North and Port Royal, is often not to be had 
 by the Committee, and our goods frequently lie for two and some- 
 times three weeks after purchase, waiting the means or the dispo- 
 sition of the government transport agent. We have availed 
 ourselves of the Government coal vessels, which sail almost daily 
 from this port for Port Royal, whenever we have been able to 
 eflfect the proper arrangement with the masters. • These vessels, 
 which are never full, ought to be allowed to afford us all the ac- 
 commodation we require, as our shipments are clearly for the 
 advantage of the Government. But it is very difficult to induce 
 the masters to receive our goods, even at a high rate of freight, 
 owing to the fear on their part that they shall contravene, by so 
 doing, some of the rules and restrictions of the military authori- 
 ties, here and at Port Royal, by whom these vessels are con- 
 trolled. The delay arising from these causes is unfortunate, 
 for it subjects the customers of the store, who in consequence of 
 it are obliged to buy elsewhere, to the payment of prices fifty, 
 and, in some cases, we are told, one hundred per cent, higher 
 than those exacted at the store. The Committee has tried and is 
 still trying to remedy these oils, and not without hopes of suc- 
 cess. 
 
11 
 
 E. W. Clark, Treasurer, in account with tlie Port Royal Relief 
 
 Committee. 
 
 DR. 
 
 Subscriptions from March 5th, 1862, to Sept. 18th, 1862 $6,028 55 
 
 Subscriptions undernew call from Sept. 18, 1862, to March 20, 1863, 5,504 64 
 
 Interest, &c 48 40 
 
 Remittances from Laura Towne 791 01 
 
 " " John Hunn 6,144 61 
 
 $18,517 21 
 CR. 
 
 Advertising Expenses $185 58 
 
 Expenses of Meetings 190 19 
 
 Circulars and Reports 112 92 
 
 Travelling Expenses 118 48 
 
 Sundry " , 40 37 
 
 March 24tb, 1862, Woman's Aid Society 200 00 
 
 " " " " 100 00 
 
 August 18, Expenses of visit of Committee to Port Royal 153 50 
 
 Paid John Plunn 185 00 
 
 " Teachers* 244 00 
 
 Cost of Goods, &c., sent to Laura Towne 4,171 60 
 
 " " " John Hunn 12,457 46 
 
 Balance 358 U 
 
 $18,517 21 
 
 March 20th, 1863. To balance, $353 11 
 
 * Since the date of this account additional payments have been made to 
 teachers amounting to $830. 
 
12 
 
 MEMORANDUM OF SHIPMEN'TS BY THE PORT ROYAL RELIEF COM- 
 MITTEE OF PHILADELPHIA. 
 
 Apr. 25, 18C2. Per steamer " Oriental" and " Atlantic," via Nevr York, marked 
 " L. Towne, Beaufort, S. C. For distribution to the colored 
 people." 
 IT bhds. of bacon, shoulders, &c. Cost, S8G4 34 
 75 bbls. pickled herring, 25 bbls. 
 mackerel, 2,500 boxes smoked 
 
 herring, 696 50 
 
 30 bbls. molasses, 440 62 
 
 20 sacks salt, 23 70 
 
 Freight expenses 288 68 
 
 $2313 84 
 17 boxes, 1 hale, consisting of dry goods, 
 
 clothingjboots shoes, cotton, needles, brushes. 
 
 soap, hats, caps, bonnets, &c 12GG 80 
 
 32 boxes, 8 casks, 1 bale, do. do. Cost 590 96 
 
 $4171 60 
 The above packages also contained clothing, &c., 
 contributed by various societies and individuals 
 for gratuitous distribution: value of which not 
 known b}' Committee, but supposed to be about 8000 00 
 
 The detail and names of the donors of these articles, as far as known, are 
 as follows; 
 
 18G2. 
 :'.d mo. 7. H- B. Neall, Mount Holly, one package clothing. 
 
 " " Mrs. Gordon, No. 310 Girard Avenue, one package suubonnets, chil- 
 dren's clothes, &c. 
 " " Jlrs. Judge Sergeant, one box containing books, &c. 
 " 19. Mrs. Mayer, Race St., one package of undergarments. 
 " 20. Per J. M. McKim, one box. 
 (' 21. Do. do. 
 
 " " One bundle of frocks, skirts, &c. 
 
 " 29. E. H. Townsend. from Martha F. Smith, one case merchandize. 
 " " Sarah Pennock, one bale merchandize. 
 " 31. Anna B. Collins, Burlington House of Industry, one Ijox mdze. 
 
 • ' " Wm. Wills, Pittsburg, one box clothing. 
 
 4th mo. 3. Jane Price, Westchester, from Parkersville and vicinity, one box 
 clothing. 
 " 8. Davis Reece, from friends of Westchester and vicinity, one box of 
 
 clothing, (257 articles.) 
 •' 10. David Garrett, two boxes clothing, muslin, books, &c. 
 u " Do. one package of books. 
 
 (( ii II Warriner's Circle,'' Reading, one box clothing. 
 " 1). Rev. James Wilson, one box clothing. 
 
 • ' " Ellen Smith, one bundle clothing. 
 
 i- 17. Anna S. Wheaton, one box clothing. 
 " 18. Wood it Garrett, one package muslins. 
 " 22. Bethel M. E. Church, one box containing 284 garments. 
 " 25. One box, directed Rev. N. Johnson. 
 
 " 28. Friends Barclay Sewing Society, New Bedford, Mass., one box 
 containing 328 garments, books, &c. 
 
5th 
 
 mo. 3. 
 
 
 9. 
 
 
 12. 
 
 
 17. 
 
 
 11 
 
 
 31. 
 
 6th 
 
 mo. 6, 
 
 13 
 
 C. E. Worthington, Chesteryille, one box clothing. 
 Ladies of Germantown, per H. N. & E. T. Stokes, one box clothing. 
 L. D. C, one box 
 Kenderdine & Justice, one box. 
 Westchester, two boxes. 
 One box of summer hats. 
 On 3 box clothing. 
 
 Sept. 9, 1862. Per steamer " Arago," via New York. 
 
 46 packages. 1st shipment for store consigned to Jliss L. 
 Towae, and afterwards banded over to Jno. Hunn, con- 
 sisting of dry goods, groceries, clothing, boots, shoes, 
 soap, drugs, earthern ware, combs, brushes, notions, 
 wooden and tin ware, stationery, seine-twine, &c $1314 51 
 
 Dec. 4, 1862. Per steamer " Star of the South," via New York. 
 
 43 packages. '2d shipment, same assortment, with ad- 
 dition of buckwheat meal, bacon, flour, butter, &c 1531 81» 
 
 92 packages. Per schr. " May Queen," from Pbilada. 
 Zd shipm,ent,cova]}\&t& assortment of goods, including ag- 
 ricultural implements, &c 3929 73 
 
 (Of the above, Messrs. Laing & Maginness contributed 
 in shoe findings, tools, &c., $150.) 
 
 •Ian. 19, 18C3. SS pk'gs. Per barque " Annie C. Norton," via Philada. 
 
 Ath sliipmcnt, comprising general assortment 2028 20 
 
 (Of the above, contributions in goods were made by 
 Messrs. R. & W. C. Biddle & Co., 25.80 ; Thos. Meller & 
 Co., $13.70.) 
 
 Feb. 1, 18C3. 42 packages, per steamer '• Arago" and Adams' Express 
 Co., via New York. 
 i>thshipme7ii, general assortment 2689 2G 
 
 March, 1863. 24 packages, per schr. " Golden Eagle," via Philada. 
 
 ijth shijnnent, molasses, sngar, &c 394 29 
 
 March 10, 'u3. 50 packages, per steamer " Arago," via New York. 
 
 1th shipment, general assortment 3258 57 
 
 $27,318 03 
 Eecaj)itulation. 
 
 (Supposed amount) sent for gratuitous distribution, with- 
 out cost to the Committee, except for freight §8000 00 
 
 Bills paid by Treas. for goods for gratuitous distribution, 4171 GO 
 
 Bills paid byTreasurer for store 124.57 46 
 
 Bills yet unpaid this date, March 20, 1863 2688 07 
 
 $27,318 03 
 On behalf of the Committee, 
 
 James A. Wright.. 
 Philada., March 20, 1863. 
 
14 
 
 COXTRIBUTORS TO THE PORT ROYAL RELIEF FUXD. 
 
 Alburger & Co., J. T $100 
 
 Anon 1 
 
 Ashbridge, Win 45 
 
 Ashhurst, John 00 
 
 Attwood, Mrs 1 
 
 Bacon, T. E 5 
 
 Banes, W. P 10 
 
 Bartol, B. H 10 
 
 Baldwin, M. W 100 
 
 Barton, Mrs. J. Rhea 00 
 
 Barton, Isaac 10 
 
 Barker, Abraham 50 
 
 Bites & Coates 10 
 
 Beesley, Dr. J. E 5 
 
 Bettle, Samuel 50 
 
 Biddle, R. & W. C. & Co 50 
 
 Biddle, Thomas 20 
 
 Binuey, Horace, Sr 50 
 
 Binnev, Horace, Jr 100 
 
 Blight, Atherton 200 
 
 Blight, Gfcirge 25 
 
 Bridport, H 10 
 
 Brinkley, F 1 
 
 Brown, J. D., D. B. & sister... 190 
 
 Brown, Jos. D. & Mary 100 
 
 Brown, Moses 50 
 
 Buckley, Edw. S 20 
 
 Burr, W. H 20 
 
 Buzby, E. H 5 
 
 Buzby, G. L 5 
 
 Buzby & Co 20 
 
 Caldwell & Co., J. E 50 
 
 Campbell, Archibald 50 
 
 Campbell, J, H 10 
 
 Cash (15 contributors) 607 
 
 Cattell, A. G 100 
 
 Church of the Evangelists 8 40 
 
 Citizens of Delaware Co 41 
 
 ("laghorn, James L 25 
 
 ClaVk& Co., E. W 150 
 
 Clark, Mrs. J. L 25 
 
 ClapiiT, Mrs lO 
 
 Clapier, Miss 10 
 
 Coffin, Lemuel 25 
 
 Coates, Benj 50 
 
 Colored people of Newville, Pa 27 G2 
 I'olored people of Penniugtou- 
 
 ville, ]'a 3 40 
 
 Colored Statistical Association 
 
 of Phiiada 50 
 
 Colored Association of TVilkes- 
 barre 
 
 Connor, P. S. P 
 
 Cooper, Miss Abigail 
 
 Cope, Alfred 
 
 Cope Brothers 
 
 Cope, Henry 
 
 Cope, Marmaduke C 
 
 Cope, W. D 
 
 Cooke & Co., Jay 
 
 Crozier, J. P 
 
 Cox, John 
 
 Cumming, C. H 
 
 Cutts, Oliver, Port-au-Priuce, 
 Hayti 
 
 Davis, Benj 
 
 Davis, I. W 
 
 Dawson, Elizabeth 
 
 Dawson, Mordecai L 
 
 De Haven Brothers 
 
 Dreer, F. J 
 
 Earp, Thomas... 
 E. B 
 
 Ellis, J. M 
 
 Ellison, John B. 
 Ely, Elizabeth.. 
 
 Farr, John C 
 
 Field, John W 
 
 Field, Mrs. J. W 
 
 Field & Keemle 
 
 Forster, Josiah, Tottenham, 
 
 Eng 
 
 Franciscus, A. H 
 
 Friend, a 
 
 Fry, J. R :. 
 
 Fussell, Joseph 
 
 Fussell, Rebecca L 
 
 Galvin, T. P 
 
 Garrett, John C... 
 Garrett, Philip C. 
 
 G., Mrs. E. H 
 
 Gilpin, J. F 
 
 Gilpin, V. & J. F. 
 
 Graham & Co 
 
 Godfrey, B. G 
 
 Greaves, Jas. R.... 
 Green, Jane 
 
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 Griffith, Wm., Penniugton- 
 
 ville, Pa 10 
 
 Gurney, Mrs. Jos. Jolin, Bur- 
 lington, N. J 150 
 
 Hacker, Jeremiala 25 
 
 Haines, John S 50 
 
 Hall, John 10 
 
 Hargreaves, W 10 
 
 Haslam, Ann 5 
 
 Haslam, W 5 
 
 Hazard, MissM., Newport, R.I. 50 
 
 Hayhurst, Keziah 5 
 
 Heins, John 2 
 
 Henry, T. C 10 
 
 Hill, T. M 5 
 
 Hoover, James 50 
 
 Horner, Joseph 3 
 
 Horner, Benj. C 10 
 
 Horstmann & Sons 25 
 
 H. R. Co 100 
 
 Horton, John 10 
 
 Howell, J. & Co 25 
 
 Humphrey, H. & W 100 
 
 Hunt, B. P 50 
 
 Jeiinlson, W 15 
 
 Jessup) A. D 50 
 
 Johnson, Ruth 10 
 
 Johnston & Co., J. & J. W 50 
 
 Jones, Alex., Penningtouville, 
 
 Pa 50 
 
 Jones, Jacob P 150 
 
 Justice, Geo. M 10 
 
 Justice, M. M 5 
 
 Kimber, Thomas ; 75 
 
 Kimher, Jr., Thomas 50 
 
 King, C. R 25 
 
 L 25 
 
 L 20 
 
 Lady, a 10 
 
 Lady, a 5 
 
 Levering, W. A 10 
 
 Lewis, John T 20 
 
 Lewis, Saunders 25 
 
 Livezy, John 25 
 
 Lippe, Dr. H 10 
 
 Longstreth, W. W 100 
 
 Langton, M 3 
 
 Lovering, J. S 100 
 
 L. S 50 
 
 McAllister, Jr., John 25 
 
 McKee, Thos., Alleghany Co... 10 
 
 McKim, J. Miller 25 
 
 McKinstry, G. A 25 
 
 Malcom, Rev. Howard, D. D... 10 
 
 Manderson, A 30 
 
 Mann, Wm 10 
 
 Meredith, Miss C. K 5 
 
 Meigs, J. Forsyth 25 
 
 Mercer, S. A , 25 
 
 Michenor & Co 25 
 
 Mitchell, T. Mason 100 
 
 Moore, Dr. J. W 75 
 
 Moore, J. W. & R. W 25 
 
 Morris, EUiston P 10 
 
 Morris, Isaa<3 P , 75 
 
 Morris, Henry 10 
 
 Morris, Israel 100 
 
 Morris, Stephen P '<0 
 
 Morris, Wister 100 
 
 Morrison, Mrs , 25 
 
 Morton, Samuel C 25 
 
 Mott, Thomas 50 
 
 M. R. H 2 
 
 Newbold, Son & Aertson 25 
 
 Nickerson & Co 25 
 
 Olden, Mrs. Chas. S., Prince- 
 ton, X. J 50 
 
 Pearsall, Robert 25 
 
 Perot, W. S 20 
 
 Pennock, Abraham L., Darby, 20 
 
 Phipps, Sarah 10 
 
 Potter, Rt. Rev. Alonzo 10 
 
 Potts, David, Jr., Pottstown, 
 
 Mont. Co 200 
 
 Rae, James 5 
 
 Raley, R. F 5 
 
 Randolph, E 50 
 
 Ramsden, James 10 
 
 Randolph, Miss M 5 
 
 Randolph, Philip P 25 
 
 Rathbun, R. N .25 
 
 Rayner, Charles.. 25 
 
 Reed, Commodore 10 
 
 Reed, Mrs 5 
 
 Ridgeway, Thomas 50 
 
 Rhoads, C 5 
 
 Richardson, R 50 
 
 Richardson & Co., Thomas 100 
 
 Ritchie, A 5 
 
 Ritchie, R. M 25 
 
 Rogers, Evans 100 
 
 Scarborough, Mary, Lambert- 
 
 ville, Pa 5 
 
 Scull, David 70 
 
 Sellers & Co., W 200 
 
 Sharp, J 14 50 
 
 Sherman, Anna P., Trenton, 
 
 N. J 10 
 
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 Shiplev, S. R 25 
 
 Sill. Mrs. Jaue 40 
 
 Siminous, E. S 20 
 
 Smith, Joseph T 20 
 
 Smyth, Lindley 50 
 
 Smith, Susan 1 
 
 S. M. It 1 
 
 Souder & Co., E. A 25 
 
 Soule, H. H 10 
 
 Starr. Isaac 20 
 
 Stevenson, Miss E. W., Ger- 
 
 mantown 5 
 
 Stevenson, Miss Elizabeth 
 
 \Yardale, Genera, N. Y 25 
 
 Stewart, W. S 5 
 
 Stuart Brothers 50 
 
 S. W. R 10 
 
 Tatum, Mrs. Anne Y 25 
 
 Tatum, Lucy M 5 
 
 Thomas, Miss 100 
 
 Thomas, Wm. B 100 
 
 Thomas, Bro 5 
 
 Tilghman, Charlotte 4 
 
 T. J. M 10 
 
 Towusend, Henry C 10 
 
 Trotter, C. W 50 
 
 Trotter. W. H 25 
 
 Vail, Hugh D 10 
 
 Vanieer. Isaac W 5 
 
 Vaux. Eliza A 50 
 
 Vaus, Mrs. Mary 5 
 
 Wain, Learning & Co 75 
 
 Wain, S. Morris 100 
 
 Warner, R. F 20 
 
 Warrington, Susan 5 
 
 Watson, James V 20 
 
 Wattson, Thos. B 25 
 
 Whipper, W., Columbia, Pa.. 10 
 
 Wharton, Charles 5 
 
 Williamson, Thomas 50 
 
 Willing, Charles 10 
 
 Wister, Dr. Miifliu 30 
 
 Wister, W. R 5 
 
 Wood, Horatio C 20 
 
 Work, M'Couch cS: Co 5 
 
 Wright, Edward N 100 
 
 Wright, James A 150 
 
 Wright, Peter & Sons lOO 
 
 Wylie, Rev. S. D 5 
 
 Yamall, Charles 50 
 
 Yaruall. Ellis 5C- 
 
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