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34 [[3 Columned Table]] | When Rec'd | Name of Writer | Date and Purport of Letter | | --- | --- | --- | | Feb'y 14/68 48 | Coates, Albert * Agent File P. Febr'y 1868 | South Bend Ark. Feb. 10/68 Forwards report on Education of Refugees and Freedmen for the month of January 1868 1 Enclosure | | Febr'y 14/68 49 | Geisreiter, L. * Agent File 9 Febr'y 1868 | Pine Bluff Ark Feb. 11- 1868 Transmits monthly report on education of Freedmen and Refugees for month of January 1868. 1 Enclosure | | Febr'y 14/68 50 | Saxton, S. Willard Chief Clk Sch. Dept. File 10 Febr'y 1868 L.S. 13 1868 | Washington D.C. Feb'y 5- 1868 Acknowledges receipt of Mr. Colby's letter dated Janr'y 22nd Says "there is no way under existing laws regulating the Bureau in which school books can be furnished to destitute Schools" "Should it" (the Bureau) "be continued for another year Mr. Alvord will earnestly recommend a convention of all the Superintendents of Education." | | Febr'y 14/68 51 | Farrar, Miss Maggie * Teacher File 11 Febry 1868 L.S. 33 1868 | Van Buren Ark Febr'y 1868 Gives an account of her school of its effect upon the colored people - and of the many obstacles she encounters in her work | 35 [[3 Columned Table]] | When Rec'd | Name of Writer | Date and Purport of Letter | | --- | --- | --- | | Febr'y 14/68 52 | Thorp, J.L. * Agent F. 11 1/2 Feb'y 1868 E.27 1868 | Camden Ark. Febr'y 9th 1868 Encloses copy of deed of conveyance of a lot of land to Trustees of Camden Colored School. States that the freedn are too poor to fence it, and under the provisions of Circular 21 requests an appropriation of $2500.00 to build a school house on the lot 1 Enclosure L.R. 388. 1868. | | Feb'ry. 18/68 53 | Bennett, Jno. E. * Act Asst. Adj't Gen'l. File 12 February 1868 L.S. 29 1868 | Little Rock, Ark. Febr'y 18th 1868 States that the payment of a monthly rent of $10.00 for the benefit of the Freedmen's School at Hot Springs has been authorized. | | Febr'y 19/68 54 | Moore, D.L. * Deputy Post Master File 14 Febr'y 1868 L.S. 30 1868 L.S. 39 1868 | Hot Springs Ark. Febr'y 17th 1868 Acknowledges receipt of Mr. Colby's letter of the 12th inst. and of 6 teachers report blanks and a school register- States Mr. Roberts age and his qualifications as a teacher also the condition of his pecuniary affairs.- Says a set of Mitchell's Outline Maps were found in the stage when it last reached Hot Springs. | | Febr'y 19/68 55 | Roberts, Hezekiah * Teacher File 13. Febr'y 1868 L.S. 25 1868 | Hot Springs Ark. Febr'y 17th 1868. Speaks of the condition of the colored people in Hot Springs. Thinks himself competent to teach the freedmen for one year in that place. |
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L.R. and L.S. = Letters Received and Letters Sent (looks like an S but it is a L)
