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resides six miles eastward from Eastville. There is a church at Pungoteague which the freedmen desire to have a school open this fall: they own the house and the land bon which it stands. There can be no more desirable or inviting field for the school other than the Eastern Shore Va. The population is thickly settled and earnestly desirous of such advantages. Returned soldiers have infused a spirit, a healthy aspiration into them that aimed, in my opinion lead them, to respond to efforts made in their behalf. Belle Haven would be a good centre for a school system, - there should be a good white superintendent at Head Quarters who should have the control of all the schools in that section: in most places only colored teachers could get along at all: these would need oversight. I believe good colored teachers might be obtained in Philadelphia who would be willing to go to this field. The people are very poor; are exhausted by high rents; wages are low; they can pay very little tuition not generally over .25 cts. per month. I think they ought to pay something what