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Hd Qrs ASA Comr 4th Div 8th Sub Dist Va
Salem Roanoke Co Va July 30 1867
Capt Garrick Mallory AAAG
Hd Qrs Asst Comr Va
Capt
I have the honor to make the following report in regard to schools in my Division:
But one school is in existence here and that is carried on in a limited manner.
I would respectfully call attention to the fact that nothing has yet been done by the Bureau for schools in my Division. I can certainly establish four good schools and one of them would probably number nearly two hundred scholars. It would be necessary to send one or two teachers from abroad and if some charitable organization would pay for the hire of teachers I could procure two here at moderate wages.
The teacher now in Salem charges the Freedpeople for tuition and consequently has but few