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Concrete, April 5th"

Mr Welch

  I have just rec"d yours of the 26th of March -  I shall not change my residence untill you give me a school; Which I hope you can do very soon -  Nor will I change my determination to teach - the Freed people.  The Whites have a sufficiency of teachers, the colored people have not; and since I have to exercise my brains for a living, I prefer to use them where they are most needed - Where I can benefit others and my self too.

Respectfully
Josce Stell

Concrete
De Witt, Co
Texas

Transcription Notes:
Name of Josce verified from previous transcriptions.