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238 Office Howard Asylum, Lauderdale, Miss June 22nd 1868 Msjor S.C. Greene, 24th Inft. A.A.A. Gen. Bu. R.F. and A.L. Vicksburg, Miss. Major, I am officially informed that teachers will report here to open a school the 1st of July. I request information relative to providing quarters for them. I infer from the communication received that there will be two families, and, in which case, there is not sufficient room in the Asylum building to accommodate them. There are four rooms which can be assigned them, but no kitchen, and to build one will require five thousand feet of lumber. There are two buildings formerly used in connection with the Hospital 36' x 36', each containing four rooms, unoccupied at this time, and would afford comfortable quarters for the teachers. Shall these
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