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Prairie Bluff Wilcox County Ala
February 24th, 1866

Wager Swayne
Brig Gen & Asst Comr. 
General
I have the honor, most respectfully to solicit information, respecting the establishing of Schools for the Children of Freedmen. I am engaged, with others, in the Planting business, about five miles from Prairie Bluff, and am very desirous of establishing a day school for the children of our laborers, and a Sabbath School for the adults and Youth on the Lords-day, where those engaged in the field during the week, may also have the benefits of education. Since retiring from the U.S. service, I have been  

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