May 12, 1863, Weekly Columbus Enquirer (Georgia)
Mr. E. Steadman calls upon all the cotton yarn spinners of the State to meet in convention at Atlanta on the 15th inst., to arrange a united effort on the part of the factories to supply the destitute families of soldiers with yarns.
Col. Ira R. Foster, Quartermaster of the State, whose duty it has been made by the Legislature to procure supplies of yarn for soldiers’ families, approves this call, and urges that the work be commenced as generally and as soon as possible.