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War Department,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Office General Superintendent Schools.
Washington, D.C., Oct 27th 1868

W M Colby,
Supt. Education.
Dear Sir:
The following is an extract from a communication just received from the Commissioner of the Bureau.
"Please make a Digest of the laws of the reconstructed States on the subject of the common school education; and append to it a statement of the provisions actually made in States or cities at the south for the establishment of common schools."
Will you please furnish me at once with the material

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