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Newport July 18th 1870.

Major W. L. VanDerlip,

Sir,

Owing to the Baltimore Association having closed, and a probable change in the New England Branch, I do not know what the arrangements will be for the coming session of schools.

But I am very desirous of continuing under the Freedmen's Bureau and N.E.B. as long as possible.

I have been associated with the Bureau for four