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| 1870 March 2 45 | Lyman Jas. O. * Teacher F. 5. March 1870. | Ft. Smith Ark. Feb'y 26" 1870. Encloses school report for Feb'y 1870. Says the general progress of colored Schools is retarded by pupils being kept from school to work in white families. |

| March 4. 46 | Butler J.G. Sec'y Am. & For. Chr. Mnbr * F. 6 March 1870- | New York Feby 23 1870. Wishes to know the number of schools, teachers and Scholars established by the Roman Priesthood in Ark. Also the number of meeting places of colored congregations, and estimated attendance. |

| March 5 47 | Blackwood Jno. O. * Trustee. F.7. March 1870. LS. 82. | Osceola Miss Co Ark Feb'y 26 1870. Returns an order on Memphis P.O. which the P.M. declines to pay. Says "unless the System of free Schools are better [[strikethrough]] executed [[/strikethrough]] regulated he cant execute the business" |  


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