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United States Internal Revenue,
Assistant Assessor's Office,..Division,.. District,..
March 15 1870

William M Colby. Esqr
Little Rock

Sir. Permit me to thank you kindly for newspaper favors especialy the "New Era" which I found very entertaining. You have no doubt heard from the schoolboard since I wrote you. I have expected them to take charge of the School House, but up to the present they have not done so although they are greatly in need of some suitable place to teach the children. Their present accommodations being decidedly of an inferior character it seems that they expect you to have them appointed trustee's and then they can manage the concern to suit themselves
Enclosed you will find Mr. Lee's bill I would have sent it sooner but I have been away in the country and he left it until my return although he might have forwarded it