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New York 9,, 5 1870 Maj Vanderlip Dear Sir Since I left the south I don't hear any thing from the bureau. Do you know whether the schools will continue another year or not? If they do will you please give me my school at Fairfield? If not will you please give me a recommendation signed by Gen O O Howard, yourself and if possible by the Secretary of War. The people in my neighborhood did not want me to leave, as they were just beginning to take a pride