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Lewisburg. West Va. Jan. 9, 1868.

Rev. J. Kimball:-

Dear Sir,

Your letter of the 4th inst. came to me by this evening's mail. Miss Woolverton, my sister-in-law is teaching the colored free school. Some blanks similar to the ones you enclose were given her by Mr. Trueblood, & I forwarded yesterday to the Bureau a report of the first month, which ended Dec. 24, 1867. The average attendance was 28: whole number of scholars 432. The school is taught in a room in our church, the use of which is given gratuitously. The teacher receives forty dollars per mo. The average attendance this month will probably be 40. The tax laid here for the support of schools will not yield for the use of the colored people more than $190 - half of which was laid for building purposes, but all of which may be applied, perhaps, to the support of the school. There will be some funds distributed by the state on the first of April, but I know nothing of the amount.

The building which the commissioners, Williams & Walker, are purchasing, is of stone and probably a good bargain. I regret to say that I fear no one here feels adequate interest in the matter. It has been allowed to drag along from week to week, instead of being vigorously pressed forward. Mr. Walker is busy in his law office & Mr. Williams seems to be "like the wild ass & her colts, though mule-stubborn in acting yet snail-slow to act." But I think what has