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The School House erected for the freedmen At Averyville near Stevenson, Ala was burned by an incendiary in, 66, at least so supposed, arrived here this A.M. as a teacher under the care of the Committee of Home Missions, at the General Assembly. 
We have two apologies for School Rooms the Methodist & Baptist churches, neither of which would afford shelter from a storm.
In view of the deep poverty of the freedmen I would solicit a government appropriation of $500.00 to provide a suitable room, or rather to replace the burned one, for those still down trodden people. 
Yours Resptfly H.R. Starkweather

I can refer gentlemen who think there is no fear of the new house being burned