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if she could at any point keep a pay School.  She is so much interested in the work.  I would like to know if you thought it advisable to start a pay School at any point; but I shall try and get some body to send her out at any rate.  And now I want to ask you to aid me a little in another work.

Last spring at Gen Armstrongs suggestion, I established a school (free) at Hampton, of poor whites, made up as Mr Washburns schools are, at Richmond - of all kinds, mostly refugees, and mostly quite poor - it was successful then - and opened again in the Fall.  It has two Teachers and ninety Scholars. And the children I hear are doing well - but in getting a School room, no building could be obtained at Hampton - and a room was taken in the

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Soldiers Chapel at Camp Hamilton - which is a mile from any scholars.  And to obviate this difficulty Col Jones put up a room down near the Fort and divided the School, so that the children in that direction are well provided for - but those who come from Hampton to the other School, are not so well off - many of the children are too small to cross Hampton Bridge and walk so long a distance in the mud - and the walk is so long that those who live beyond the Town, cant get to School but very little - And consequently not half as much is being accomplished as might be.  I wrote to Gen Armstrong, and he thinks it very necessary to change to Hampton; he has looked up a building, and writes this morning to know if he shall hire it, at

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changed Col "James" to Col "Jones"