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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