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and some of the people are not able to pay for their children, and so I will call on you to aid me in getting a government school, and please try and raise some money for me to buy some provisions for my family, as the people are hard with [[crossed-out]] an [[/crossed-out]] me on account of my keeping a school for the colored ones, and will not let me have corn. I applied to the Provost Marshall at the C.H. and he said he would get me some books, but I have not gotten them yet - xxxxxxx -

If any aid can be obtained for this woman it will go towards the establishment of a school in I think the worst and most unfriendly county in Virginia. I respectfully commend her case to your attention. her [[crossed out]] name [[/crossed-out]] address is - Mrs. M. E. Kennedy, Nonintervention