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all, on the contrary it is opposed by them for many reasons in which I concur. I enclose a letter from Miss Gardener the principal teacher. It appears  [[strikethrough]] to me [[/strikethrough]] that Mr. George and one conservative freedman named Rickman are very anxious to get control if possible of the school building here and construct a schoolhouse and church. They have a few colored folowers and can they assert get assistance from the whites to buy a lot on which to locate the buildings. Their church would be well enough if they could establish it but it would not be supported by any considerable number of the colored people. The great mass of their look upon Mr. George and Mr. Rickman with distrust. If any more is to be made on the part of the Government to provide