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the list for the month. It does seem that times grow worse instead of better and the freedmen are less able to pay now than a year ago.  When I travel over the county and see their actual condition I must confess I become discouraged, especially when I am assured that we are as well if not better situated here than in other portions of the state.  And the recent canvass has shown clearly that these white people are  bitterly opposed to the elevation of the negro race and that they hate with a bitter hatred all who are engaged in the work.  I met Major Andrews in Fulton last Monday and he assured me that Miss Getman was succeeding in her school admirably.  Hazledine still remains a burden upon the Major.  I should be glad to hear from you of the prosperity and success of other schools in this state, and believe me no pains will be spared to make the school here worthy of the society by whose patronage alone it can be maintained.
Very Respectfully Yours &c
D. C. Casey.

P.S. I do not think we shall want any Geographies,
D.C.C.