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C 57 - [[OSE?]] [[preprinted]] L. R. Vol. ^[[4]] No ^[[C. 196]] A. C. D. C., 186^[[8]]. ^[[Lewisburg W. Va]] ^[[May 15" 1868]] ^[[Caldwell, J. F.]] ^[[C. 57. O.S.E.D.C. Vol. 1.—1868.]] (Wrapper ^[[One]] enclosure[[strikethrough]]s[[/stikethrough]]) [[/preprinted]] States that the colored people of that place have selected [[underlined]] J.F. Caldwell, David Coffman [[/underlined]], and [[underlined]] Arch. Seldonridge [[/underlined]] to act as Trustees of School. That they have bargained for the purchase of a house and lot, suitable for School purposes, from the Masons and it can be secured as soon as the $250 00 promised by the Bureau, is received. That they will place the School in charge of [[underlined]] W. F. Taylor [[/underlined]] (col'd) of Baltimore, who desires transportation from Baltimore Md to Lewisburg W. Va. to be furnished by the Bureau [[preprinted]] Received A. C. D. C. ^[[5/21]] 186^[[8]]. [[/preprinted]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands Head-Quarters Asst. Commr., D. C., WASHINGTON, ^[[May 29]] 186^[[8]]. Respectfully [[/preprinted]] referred to Rev. [[underlined]] John Kimball, [[/underlined]] Supt. of Education. In absence of the [[underlined]] Asst. Comm'r. [[/underlined]] [[signature]] Stuart Eldridge [[/signature]] [[check mark]] A. A. A. Genl. E.B. 42 Vol. 1 [[check mark]] [[check mark]]