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Hall of Dellegates
Richmond Va. Dec 10th 1867
Maj Gen. O.O. Howard
General
I beg respectfully to enquire wether there is not at your disposal a friend to assisnt in the erection of school houses in certain localities of the Southern States: In the County of Mecklenburg of which I have the honor to represent in the Constitutional Convention at Boydton, the minister has and is rejected from the Pulpit because of his Political Speachs, the love Colored People have no Church and there is no School house in that vicinity now we propose to build a School hous larg enough to hold