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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