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War Department, 
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office General Superintendent Schools.
Washington D.C., Oct 27th 1868

[[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States  [[/stamp]]

Rev. R.D. Harper, D.D.,
Supt. Education

Dear Sir:
The following is an extract from a communication just received from the Commissioner of the Bureau:-

"Please make a Digest of the Laws of the reconstructed States on the subject of common school education; and append to it a statement of the provisions actually made in States or cities at the South for the establishment of common schools."

Will you please furnish me