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New England Branch Freedman's Union Commission,
No. 8 Studio Building.
Boston, July 8th 1867

Rev. Mr. Buckley.
State Supt Schools Montgomery Al.

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

Dear Sir
I passed through your state on my recent tour of inspections in the South and looked in upon a few of your schools. Although my special field of duty did not lead me beyond Columbus Ga.
I spent a little time in Montgomery but learned that you were about.  
I should have been glad to meet you and talk over the educational prospects in Alabama. The schools I saw seemed to be doing very well indeed.
I wish to make an inquiry about one thing. Some of the school I was told were

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