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has been made by the pupils in their studying.

If these pupils have no further instruction until Oct. 1st - a period of three (3) months - I fear that they will lose what they have gained during the present month. I believe it to be the general wish of the freed people, in, and about Wharton, that this school be continued. Mrs. Margaret. A. Henderson is still here-she not having yet been assigned to a school. She desires to teach and I desire her to continue this school. It is doubtful however whether or not this school can be continued on a self sustaining basis during the vacation, as is provided for in Circular No. 6. The freed people have are very poor, and the teacher of this school informing me that, as yet, in many instances he has been unable to collect the tuition fees allowed by the regulations of the Bureau. Mrs Henderson is obliged to pay twenty-five dollars ($25) per month for her board, and consequently I think she will need some assistance to enable her to continue this school through the vacation.

The reason why the Freedmen are so generally destitute of money is to be found in the fact that with but few exceptions they work

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