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Office Bureau R.F.&A.L. Lewisville Ark. Feby 14th 1865 Bvt Brig Genl Ind. E Bennet Actg Asst Adjt Genl. Bureau RF&AL General, I have the honor to transmit herewith the certificate of the Clerk of the Court that an acre of land has been deeded to certain freedmen for school purposes. The freedmen having complied as far as they are able with Genl, Order No. 21, desire me to request that an appropriation may be made from the school fund at your disposal to erect a suitable school building. The land purchased by them is one of the best lots in or near this place. A well has been dug & it is neatly cleared. A rail fence will be put around it until they are able to fence it with plants. The freedmen are very anxious for I have been promising there a teacher so long that they fear