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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Office General Superintendent Schools,
Washington, May 4th 1870

Dear Sir:
Some time since we sent you copies of blank deeds, similar to enclosed form.

You will please cause this form to be used, as far as the state laws permit, in deeding sites for school purposes; or at least, require that the substance of it be embodied in all deeds.

Very respectfully  
Yours etc,
J.W. Alvord
General Supt of Ed.

W M Colby, Esq.
Supt of Education
Little Rock Arkansas