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Office Sub-Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of R., F. & A. L., State of Texas. Columbia, May 26th, 1866. E.M. Wheelock Supt for Schools Galveston Sir - I can obtain a building for Freedman School at the rate of $20 per month and, its the only one I can get in Columbia, the building can be rented for only a certain length of time say three months. There is no school in this place. Shall I rent the building, I can start a school whenever a teacher can be persuaded to take charge of it. Very Respectfully, Your Obt Servt Jas Hutchinson Lt & Sub Asst-Comr