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Office of Provost Marshal,
Brashear City, La., Sept 10th 1864

To
The board of Education
Dept of the Gulf
No. 32 Carondalet St. N.O.

Gentlemen

In obedience to an order from the "Major General Commanding," communicated to me through the Provost Marshal General Dept. of the Gulf, I hereby transfer to your control and "place at your disposal" the building in this City now occupied as a School House by the colored children of this place.

You already hold the leases until Jan 1st 1865 of the quarters occupied by the three other colored schools in this Parish. 

I remain very respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Albert Stearns
Capt and Provost Marshal