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Refugio, Refugio Co. Texas
July 16th 1867
Lieut
I have the honor to report that since my last report I have made a thorough canvass of Refugio Co. and find I can rent a building for thirteen dollars a month on the 1st of August. 
I can employ a teacher here and if you will authorize me to do so, I can start a school of twenty scholars on the 1st day of August. I would suggest that the school be started now instead of waiting until after the Summer vacation, as owing to peculiar circumstances now is the best time for the colored people of this country. 
I can buy a five acre lot and a good building on it for three hundred dollars, and request permission to do so and deed it to a Board of Trustees for the benefit of the Freedmen. 
If you see fit to approve of my action will you please inform me what I am authorized to pay a Teacher and also furnish me with the necessary blanks to carry out my plan.