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scholars. He is not competent to teach and I consider his course injurious to the cause of education of the colored people. I am the more anxious on the account that a teacher should be sent here so that this one may be got rid of.
A colored man proposes to open school on Catawba in this county and the Freedmen have a house put up there but it needs considerable repairs &c. I will forward communication of the Freedmen on the subject for such action as you may deem proper.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Hiram S Hunt
Bvt Capt & ASAC