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line, is willing to give a site, rent free, for the erection of a School, & as there is a plenty of timbers on the land, & the neighborhood is somewhat thickly settled, it is thought that a house might be erected, almost by the aid of the colored people in the vicinity alone, with but little if any expense to the Government: and it is judged that from 40 to 50 scholars would attend this school.  In buying this land however, the man received no title deed, or other guarantee of possession; and as the white man who sold it had not obtained the signature or consent of his wife, from whom it seems he was living apart, the Freedman, by my advice, sought legal aid to secure himself.  As soon as this matter is (if it can be) satisfatorilly arranged, the work will I trust, be at once commenced; and as I find it necessary, I shall make further reports on the subject.
At still another point, on the Black Water River, about ten miles from Rocky Mount, I have also directed meetings to be held; & as the work progresses, either here or elsewhere, or anything else really of interest further transpires, I shall promptly make proper report in the premises.
I have heard of at least two white persons - young men, I believe - who it is said have expressed that they would be willing to teach colored Schools, & I have sent word to them to call on me, but as yet I have seen nothing of them. Still I do not think that any one could be found in the county, possessing the requirements & the peculiar adaptation - that thorough knowledge (and surely not the experience) of systematic training - that are absolutely indispensable to proper success with the class under consideration; or at least I don't think that such qualifications could be discovered in any one who would