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very anxious to have a school commenced, and can 
do it themselves with some assistance - The 
Freedmen themselves are willing that the white local friends should control it, if they can by this means procure an education for their little ones - I think the public sentiment is becoming more favorable, and think if they can be assisted if but a little, it will be still better

11.  I would suggest, that in order to have a school at this place, which the freedmen are very anxious of obtaining, that the local friends, both white and colored, be assisted in whatever they can be, in 
paying a teacher that they may select themselves, or any other expense that may occur in regard to the schoolwork, and think that it would be better for all concerned - 

White Plains, Clark Co. Va.
1. Probable number of pupils for day school 30 to 40 -
2. There is no building or rooms available for Freedmen
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5t. A new building will be required, and a lot 
can be purchased or leased on the Winchester Pike just out of the village - Can buy a lot for $150. or lease for $25 - per annum - A frame building with 
stone foundation can be built for the sum of $400 - size 20 x 30.
6t, With regard to a teacher the same feelings exist