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Bladensburg
May 6th 1868.

Mr Kimball

Esteemed Friend.
Our School is nice yet tho much smaller than in the winter, and will be smaller next month I presume. Several are in Service & some moved away I have 9 women I teach between Schools in their homes. They are learning nicely to read & write. There are so many Blacks here that the Rebels can get them to work for almost nothing Keep one a month then turn them off Sometimes without pay, Sometimes with only half. I shall leave here for good in July, and I am trying to thin out the