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Hdqrs. Sub Dist of Talladega
Talladega Ala. Septbr. 2. 1864

Rev C. W. Buckley
Sup't. of Education
Montgomery.

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

Sir
Yours of the 29th inst is at hand. I am pleased to learn that you anticipate a few more systematical organization of schools during the coming year and would respectfully call your attention to a few facts respecting schools in my Sub District Doubtless you are aware that a great portion of this Sub District is comprised of remote Counties and in these localities the prejudice against colored schools is strongest and as far as competent persons familiar with modern method of teaching, they are very scarce and cannot be employed. During my travels through all parts of this Sub District I have made school matters a speciality and I have observed that the benefit of col'd schools has thus far been confined to public places and this time in many places schools are unknown to the colored people and in many instances they have employed teachers which are entirely inexperienced and incompetent. In several places I have urged the colored people to build houses and promised them that I would send competent teachers. I have been informed that at several places houses are completed and I am asked to comply with my promise. I trust you will save me the humiliation of being compelled to disappoint any one. I can employ to good adventage in this Sub District from 15 to 18 good teachers. If the Aid Societies should assume the work of this portion of the State, you will please inform them of the probable extent of their labor. September is now here, in view of preventing any unnecessary delay in opening the different schools in due time, no time should be lost in employing and transporting