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wish to interfere with their regular religious appointments. I have written to Gen Howard the facts - begging for the immediate appropriation of $200 - and urging him to instruct you to come & see to the title of the land - The land of the Fairfield School needs the same attention - And our work is too precious to be lost by any neglect on our part - Respectfully C.F. Putnam Lottsburg, Va (Northumberland Co.) Apr 9th 1870 Gen Howard - Dear Sir - A painful necessity forces me to appeal to you for counsel and help in behalf of the interests of Education now in peril here - A year ago last November I came to aid my friend Miss Howland in her noble mission in this region - We opened the School in the shell of a building for which the Bureau had made an appropriation of $100 - & since, of another $100 - After a month I was