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#229.  
Little Rock Ark.
Feb'y 3rd 1869.
Holmes Miss P.A.
Pine Bluff, Ark.
I shall take pleasure in forwarding any package that may be sent here for you.
Very truly,
Wm. M. Colby,
Supt. Etc

#230.
Little Rock, Ark.
February 5th 1869. (?)
Smith Bt Maj. Gen'l C.H.
Assistant Commissioner,
Little Rock, Ark.
General:
I have the honor to enclose a letter from Mrs. Alida Clark, matron of the orphan Asylum near Helena asking authority to retain five (5) Stoves the property of the Bureau the removal of which from the School room and Asylum would occasion great discomfort. As stoves are being supplied to School rooms elsewhere I would respectfully recommend that her request be considered favorably.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient Servant,
Wm. M. Colby,
Supt. Edn.

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#231.
Little Rock Ark.
Feb'y 6" 1869.-
Hand Miss P.A.
Batesville, Ark. 
I send you today copy of Camp's Intermediate
I recommend that you write the A.M.A. concerning the maps spoken of. Mr. Miller left two sets of maps in this city but not in my charge and one of them was donated to a personal fried. I would try to secure and send the other set to you if I had orders from the Secretary to do so.
Very truly,
Wm. M. Colby
Supt. Edn.

#232.
Little Rock, Ark.
Feb'y 10" 1869.-
Smith Bvt Maj. Gen'l C.H.
Ass't Com. and Chf Supt Schools,
Little Rock, Ark.-
General:
I have the honor to report that in pursuance of instructions I have visited De Vall's Bluff and ascertained the condition of the building which it is proposed to use for a School house at that place, and for which an estimate of repairs was forwarded on the 2nd inst.
I find the repairs are all needed as represented but the freedmen have no title whatever to the land on which the house stands.
Parties there propose to comply with orders embraced in Circular No. 30, dated December 31, 1867, in respect to ground title, and then ask that the repairs be made.
Very respectfully, Your obedient Servant,
Wm. M. Colby,
Asst Supt. Schools.