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report I have had application for two more teachers for colored schools, I would request that at least or four more teachers be sent as soon as practicable. The planters in each case will board, lodge, and provide for a teacher, and the freedmen can pay a salary of $30 or $50 per month.

I am very respectfully
Your Obt. Serv't.
Jno. E. Bennett
1st. Lieut, 28th U.S. infantry
Act'g. Asst. Adj't. General

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Obedient Servant, removed [[signature]] not required - read instructions, Jno is a form of John, Bennett confirmed from previous pages, Acting Assistant Adjutant General