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Washington Oct 9th 1865.
Freedmans Bureau:

Mr Kimball Super of Schools &c.

Dear Sir:
On Hall's Hill. 3 miles or 4 from Acqueduct Bridge, we shall soon have land secured (we trust) for a school house, large enough for 50 pupils, and apartments for the Missionary & other teachers if they should be required.

At Falls Church a house for 35 pupils is required: rooms for teacher. [[underlined]] The colored people have secured the ground [[/underlined]]. Families here [[underlined]] own [[/underlined]] homes.

At the "Bottom" - a deep Glen near Fort Ethan Allen - a house for 30 needed: rooms for teacher. Here also several families own homes. Each of these last two localities 2 miles from the Halls Hill site for a school house: Halls Hill,