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Office S.A.C. B R &c Hempstead Aug. 31. 1868. Lt. Chas. A. Vernou A.A.A.G The feeling of the white people towards the education of the freedpeople is favorable. I am being organizing a school & have succeeded in starting a small one of ten pupils under the charge of Mr A.P. Rice but without assistance I doubt if he will be able to continue as the f.m. of this Co. are too poor. At the and of the cotton picking season there could be a very large school established here. The freedmen are anxious to have a school and I would recommend that Mr. Rice be assisted from the school fund, all the f.m. are not able to sustain it themselves. Very Resp &c (Signed) Alex. B. Coggeshall S.A.C. [[4 columned table]] | Name | By whom paid | Location | No of pupils | |---|---|---|---| | A.P. Rice | pupils | Hempstead | 10 |