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American Missionary Association,
AND
Western Freedmen's Aid Commission,
TRACT BUILDING,
176 ELM STREET, ABOVE FOURTH.
Advisory Board.
Hon. WM. PENN NIXON,
Rev. H.D. MOORE,
Rev. G.M. MAXWELL,
EDWARD HARWOOD.
JAMES W. SIBLEY.
Rev. E.M. CRAVATH, Secretary.
THOMAS KENNEDY, Treasurer.
LEVI COFFIN, General Agent.
Cincinnati, June 25th 1868

[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[stamp]]

Rev. R.D. Harper
Supt. Ed. Bu. R.F & A.L.
Montgomery Ala.

Dear Sir,

  I regret that absence prevented a personal interview during your recent visit to Cincinnati. There are several questions connected with the future work in Ala. which it would have been greatly to our advantage to have committed fully at the time. We are now closing the year and as you