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Merridan June 15/66 Genl JB Kiddoo Asst Com In Hill Co there can be 3 schools started 1 at Dyers Mill 1 at James Gothing's Plantation & one at Peoria there is no houses at present that could be occupied for school purposes The freed men will build houses if they can be furnished teachers these schools be protected. Board can be had at ten dollars per month for teachers. State there is a growing hostility in this section against the negro owning to the corse the President is persuing. Signed Philip Howard Sub Asst Com