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The blank now issued is to be forwarded with your other monthly reports. Please have all sent on with promptness. The consolidated results can then be reported at once at these head-quarters, and to Congress.
In conclusion, do not fail to urge upon State officials in your District, the importance of this educational work, in its relations not merely to humanity and general intelligence, but to all public prosperity. Also urge forward every measure which anticipates the period when these States will resume responsibilities now in our hands, but which far more naturally belong to the.
We do not fail to note the past fidelity of officers, and the great results accomplished; and with encouraging hope for the future, I have the honor to be,
Yours very respectfully,
J. W. Alvord
Genl. Supt. of Schools.