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Office Bureau R. F and A.L
Marion Crittenden Co. Ark
August 1st 1867

W.M. Colby
Genl Supt. of Education

Sir

I have the honor to inform you that the freed people in this vicinity have subscribed about two hundred dollars for the purpose of building a Church and School house combined.  This sum is insufficient for the purpose, and they pray for assistance from the Bureau.

They also ask that a teacher be furnished them by the Bureau whom they agree to pay.

In connection with this I would respectfully state that Doctor J.H. Merriweather of Proctor Township will place a building at the disposal of the Bureau for School purposes

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