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November 21, 1866 Wm M. Colby Supt Education Little Rock Ark My dear Sir: I have a note from our teacher Mr. Lyman, dated Pine Bluff Nov 16 in which he reports a undesirable state of things there. It seems the churches of which you wrote him, are not only unfinished and unfurnished (being without windows or stoves) but even the tenure is somewhat precarious. We rely upon your recuring funds from Gen Ord to put some building in immediate readiness for comfortable occupancy. We can only supply teachers to points where the Bureau furnishes comfortable buildings Very Truly Jacob R Shipherd Secy