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Patterson NC. January 4' 1869. Bvt. Lt. Col. Jacob F. Chur Asst. Comr BRF & AL Raleigh NC Dear Col. John S. Dula, a Citizen of this County, came to me in June 1867 and expressed his willingness to teach a school for colored children provided any compensation sufficient to support him could be afforded. I was then in correspondence with some Freedmen's Aid Societies at the North, relative to the employment of a teacher for the colored schools, & told Mr Dula that if he taught the school I would do my best to see him paid. No allowance was ever made by those Societies, but Mr Dula acted in a capable & faithful manner as teacher from July 1. AD 1867 until September AD 1867. He has never been paid & well deserves to be. Can you secure him some compensation? Truly [[signature]] Clinton A. Cilley [[/signature]]