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but have within a couple of days received a letter from Mr Webb  the Sec'ry informing me that "they have taken a position in Georgia which will absorb all their unappropriated funds". Consequently, there was no provision make for this place. 

Seeing the great need of a school here, the prospects of raising a fine one, the advantage of having a fine, large school-house, (wh. was built by the Bureau) I would ask if you could sustain me here, instead of at Lawrenceville I would venture to say that I can within two months bring together one hundred pupils. Of course there are children enough here to employ three teacher; and the people are very much interested in the school. In short there is ample up for