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eager to learn and evince a marked improvement since I have been here.

The public sentiment in regard to colored schools is not favorable in a [[underlined]] single [[/underlined]] instance which has come to my notice. In fact, there are but [[underlined]] two [[/underlined]] good Union men in the county. But although such is the case, yet they (the rebels) are afraid to speak a disrespectful word concerning anything which is, in the slightest particular, connected with the government.

Hoping to receive an early answer I am

Very Respectfully Yours,

[[signature]] J. Wm. Cole. [[/signature]]