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May 24 70.
Rev J.W. Alvord
Gen'l Supt. Education
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir: - 
I respectfully submit the following and ask instructions: the School Directors of Camden Ark. proceeded last autumn to occupy the Bureau Building there without permission and have occupied it since, thus keeping out A.M.A. teachers. 
Presuming that similar cases may have arisen in other states and that you may be able to indicate the best course to pursue I respectfully ask to be advised. Have we not a legal as well as just claim against the Directors for rent in favor of the A.M.A. who had previously instituted a free school at a heavy expense without aid from the town? If I can ascertain