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mental, moral, & religious culture of their unfortunate race. This man is Mr Plumb who taught a part of this year at Bethea's Cross roads near this place. And they respectfully request you to appoint him as teacher here instead of Dr Jennings.

And now I would further add that the men Mansfield & Daniel are above question upright, honest, & of unimpeachable veracity. They have exhausted the amount contributed to the building & yet they lack for its completion 1000 ft of inch planks 20 ft long, and 500 feet of stripping 3 by 3/4 inch; or in case of such not being at hand the same amount of weatherboarding. Now, will it be asking too much of you that you will contribute it to them? We are all too much embarrassed to aid them any further and the colored people will have no funds to use until the end of the year, & very little then. They have contributed liberally for their needs, & will do more as they may be able. We cannot raise the amount necessary to complete the house, & yet they need it at once. There is the very best of material to be benefited here & I think you could not use the funds to better advantage.