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5 January 10th 70 Hon. Jno. E. Bennett Pres't Bd. of School Directors Helena Ark. Sir, I regret that the time of the departure of the boat and duties incident to the close of the year compelled my return from Helen without conferring with yourself and the members of the school Board, as such a conference would be much more satisfactory than as brief not from a distance. You are doubtless aware that the Freedman's Bureau is till cooperating with benevolent societies of the North and with local school officers in measures for the instruction and improvement of the freedmen.