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the Black folks. For they have great faith in you and yours. I think you are all splendid because you were such good friends to me in my time of need and too, you are in the Bureau, that honorable place, honored by you who so well do your duty there. We shall have our scholars read, recite in store examples, mental, geography, spelling questions &c speak, sing to Mary's accompaniment on the Melodeon. Of course it will not be brilliant or a feast to you but it will interest you, for you are friends to them, and will be glad to see they have learned what they have. We do this to make the children ambitious and proud to become something and to let their parents see that tis a nice, good thing to send their children to school. So that when we go away & tuition is no longer free they will be encouraged to go on and keep up a school. I asked a black man to give some desk accommodations. He took up the benches and made me something that will do better than nothing for desks. And when Uncle Bowman brings out our chairs and the desk so the has we will do ourselves well. Major Henry has been to our school made quite a story. We were glad to see him. Please you all come. Will thee please ask the others. I never knew thee was a Preacher till the other day. 

If it rains on the 12th of June we will have it the first clear day that follows. I told the scholars I have asked you all and our dear Committee to come. I think some of them will come. They want to sometime this spring anyhow

Very Respectfully
[[signature]] Sallie Cadwallader [[/signature]]

Transcription Notes:
Sallie Cadwallader used every possible space on her paper. The writing in the margin was part of her text rather than margin notes, so I did not indicate them as [[footnotes]]. Hope that's OK