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most courteous treatment from every Officer of the Bureau. And I bear cheerful testimony to their hearty cooperations, with the various benevolent organizations that have established schools in the South.  Without their aid we should have no School in Athens. For there is no building but the one we occupy that would accommodate us.  This is held by the Bureau and leased to us gratis.
You asked in regard to the Schools in the Ala. under the patronage of the Western Freedmens Aid Commission 
This is the only one in the State, and was established when Northern Ala. was in Gen'l Fisks Dept. The work