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American Missionary Association, AND Western Freedmen's Hid Commission, Tract Building, 176 Elm Street. Above Fourth. Advisory Board. HON. WM. PENN NIXON, REV. H. D. MOORE, JAMES W. SIBLEY. REV. G. M. MAXWELL, EDWARD HARDWOOD. REV. E. M. CRAVATH, SECRETARY. THOMAS KENNEDY, TREASURER. LEVI COFFIN, GENERAL AGENT. Cincinnati, Nov. 6th 1868 [[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]] Rev. R.D. Harper Supt. Education. Montgomery Ala. Mrs. M.F. Wells is already at Athens. We wish to authorize the school there under the State law so as to claim the public funds. From the first - the school at Athens has been superior in organization and instruction. It is very desirable that the children there should be kept under good instruction so as to become teachers. With proper support from the state this can be done. Most Truly Yours E.M. Cravath Sec.