I am at work on the resolution passed by Congress. The
Secretary sent it to me, with an order to prepare the list of names, and saying
that he would explain the grounds upon which they were permitted to
depart. I can only give the number registered in this office.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 101
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