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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