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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office Assistant Commissioner, State of Georgia,
Savannah, Ga., Jan 22d. 1867.

Mr. J.C. Alford.
Madison, Ga.

Sir: Yours of the 20th inst. is received, and in reply I  have to inform you that your recommendation is satisfactory, and you can begin your school Feb. 1st. and I will pay you a salary of $40- per month, with the understanding that you have not less than fifty pupils; and, that the colored people pay all other expenses connected with the school.

You will report to me at the close of each calendar month the condition of your school in strict accordance with the enclosed form.

I am very respectfully, etc.
G.L. Eberhart.
State Supt. Ed. Ga.
Bureau R.F. and A.L.