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S174
Hd. Qurs. 5th Mil Dist
Bureau R.F. & A L 
State of Texas Austin 
Texas March 10th 1869

Welch Revd Jos -

States Miss Mattie Davlin has been appointed teacher at Dallas - Salary $ 15 per month

Transcription Notes:
A second, and last,Bureau school operated from February until June, 1868, under the tutelage of Mattie Davlin. She reported to Governor E. M. Pease that the freedpeople were barely able to feed and clothe their children, much less pay for school tuition.