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Office S.a.C. B.R &c Clinton, Sept. 30. 1868 Lt. Chas. A. Vernou A.A.A.G. The white people do not encourage the freedpeople on the subject of education and it is a very hard matter to establish schools in many places on that account. The freedpeople are too poor to build, commit rent, and there they remain without schools. If a school should be established in Clinton now, it would undoubtedly cease to exist as soon as the protection of the Bureau should be withdrawn. Very Resp &c (Signed) Hiram Clark S.a.C.