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Short crops have interfered with our calculations to a great extent
There will be no difficulty in establishing a school of from 30 to 50 scholars which will be increased as the freed men get settled for the year.
I shall use every endeavor to organize a good school here before I have the Bureau
There will be no trouble in securing a place for Mr Baldwin to board
Send him here as soon as possible
I am
Very Respectfully
Your Bodt Sevt
V.V. Smith
Agt BRF & AL