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started with a small number of scholars, but will increase to nearly a Hundred. The necessary assistance will probably not amount to more than Twenty Dollars. The house was built by a black man, who furnished money for that purpose.
Several other houses are in process of erection, for which I have asked assistance, and which can not be made ready for use for several Months unless Bureau aid is procured. The State tax will be sufficient to support schools in nearly every district; but it will not be collected and ready for use for some time. Consequently colored schools can only be started where persons can be found who will advance them money.  Or where aid can be procured from outside.  The white people begin to see that it is greatly for their interest to have schools for the colored children near their plantations. And I think there will be very little trouble where the state officers

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