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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 (over)