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Port Tobacco Dec 10th 1869 Major D G Swain U.S.A. Act. Supt. of Education Dear Sir Your letter of the 9th inst is received. In reference to your enquiry respecting Daniel I Thomas, I know him and have no confidence in his integrity or capacity His character for [[underlined]] veracity [/underlined]] is [[underlined]] bad [/underlined]]. Respecting the special work in which he represents himself as having been engaged I will learn more next week, and write to you upon the subject. "Mount Pleasant," near which he lives, being some seventeen or eighteen miles from my place of residence. I think a good colored teacher would be preferable to Daniel I. Thomas. Yours very respectfully [[signature]] Wm R. Wilmer [[/signature]]