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Leonardtown Md Nov 7th 1869 Maj D.G. Swain Supt of Education Dear Sir I embrace this opportunity of introducing myself to you and I hope our acquaintances will be pleasant to us both. My school is in a prosperous condition, and is making a rapid advancement. The school filling up very fast. and I hope on the closing of the term it will be a first-class school. The sentiments throughout my district is very good but in the lower districts there is a bitter antagonism on account of the religion of the different people