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United States Sanitary Commission.
American Freedmans Union Commission,
No. 76 John Street. — P.O. Box 5,733.
Lyman Abbott, Gen. Sec.
J.M. McKim, Cor. Sec.
New York, 6 Nov 1868

R.D. Harper Esq, Sup't
Montgomery, Ala.

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

Sir:
At request of our Comr on teachers, I beg to enquire:

How far, in your opinion, the School-Fund mentioned in Circular enclosed in your letter to Mr Abbott, can be relied on for payment of Teachers' salaries;

If such Teachers should be white or colored;

If the Schools will be in large towns or in lonely country places; &

If the rent paid by the Bureau, say ten dollars pr month for each Teacher having 30 scholars