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S #261. Vol. 15 R.F & AL., 69 Columbia S.C. Sept 1st 1869 South Carolina Deane E L Asst Supt of Ed. Forward request of L.S. Langley School Comm. for aid in building Schoolhouse on Ladies Island So.Ca. amt requested is $300.00, [[stamp]] Bureau R. F. & A. L. REC'D Sep 8 1869 WASHINGTON. [[/stamp]] [[stamp]] Bureau R. F. & A. L. REC'D Sep 16 1869 WASHINGTON. [[/stamp]] 1 Enclosure Office Supt. of Ed. B. of R.F and A.L. Columbia S.C. Sept. 1, 1869 Respectfully forwarded to Maj. Gen'l. O.O. Howard Com'r. If the $300.00 applied for can be appropriated out of this St. Helena and St. Lukes school fund. I recommend that it be granted. Ladies Island is well settled with numerous families of Freedmen who are freeholders, but owing to successive failures of their crops the can contribute but little for school purposes Edw. L. Deane Asst Supt of Ed S.C. E.B. 168 So.Ca. See Sect 8 Act of 1866 WAR DEPARTMENT, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Washington, Sep 11 1869 Respectfully returned to Major E.L. Deane Asst. Supt. Education for South Carolina for information as to whether Ladies Island is in the Parish of St. Helena or St. Lukes. By order of Bt. Maj. Genl O.O. Howard. Henry M Whittelsey Actg Asst. Adjt. General E.B. "168" S.C. Office Supt of Ed Bur R.F. & A.L. Columbia S.C. Sept. 14 1869 Respectfully returned to Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard Com'r. Ladys Island is in the Parish of St. Helena. Edw L Deane Asst. Supt. of Ed. S.C. [[stamp]] Hd. Qrs. B. OF. R. F. &. A. L. South Carolina. Rec'd SEP 6 : 1869 [[/stamp]]