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a church for the freedmen I think it should first be for the Mass, and not be under the auspices of those who have not their confidence and who consequently can not do them any good however much they may desire to. After the mass are provided if Government aid can be extended to George & Rickman I hope it will be. But I think they had better not have anything to do with the school. It is my judgement that the management of the schools can not be better or more successful than at present. Miss Gardener informs me that the New England society proposes to establish a Normal school and to arrange with the Bureau if possible to jointly (that is by joint efforts) buy land and remove the present building and erect the present building and erect buildings out of the material and hereafter give special attention