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Rec't'g Depot U.S.C.T. New Orleans, La Oct. 1st 1864. To the Board of Education For Freedmen Having been detailed as a teacher at this depot by your Board I most respectfully wish to state that I now have 124 Scholars enrolled with an average daily attendance of over 70. The application for additional scholars to attend the school is large and I have ample School Room for all that apply. If it would meet your views I should like to have an assistant I recommend John S. Parkyns. A Private of Co G. 20th Wisconsin Volunteers. as a fit person he having been a faithful laborer with me as a Teacher at Brownsville Texas. Respectfully Your Most Obd't Servt Rufus H. Moss Pri Co J. 94th Ill Voll
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