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as a School for Colored people to the exclusion of the whites, its rightful owners, has created much angry feeling towards from persons in the town. Whites, as well as the colored occupants who have been very insolent in their expectations. You will readily understand that the course of the Bureau is calculated to defeat its own Charitable ends, it'd to lead to a war of races.

My immediate object in writing Gen is to know if we can be allowed to proceed as rapidly as possible with repairs to the building which is so [[strikethrough]] rapidly [[/strikethrough]] fast with the Bureau &c going to destruction for want of them.

Very respectfully
Your obt Servt,
J. C. Nott M.D.
Genl Swayne
Sup Freed Bureau &c
Montgomery

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