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anxious to have them Educated.  But the Conservatives will fight against having any of the taxes paid by the Whites expended in teaching the Colored Children and the proportionate share for the Colored Children are so small that the schools cannot be kept up as long as we would desire.  I Cannot tell when we will able to open school again for the Colored Children, and I expect it will be hard to get a White Teacher, and there are no Colored Teacher to be had in this Section of Country.

Respectfully your as Ever &c.

[[signature]] Jackman Cooper, [[/signature]] Clerk
Bd Education Buckn TP. U.C. W Va.