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[[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]] Cowles Station M & W 1st R.R. Jan 5th 1870 Col Edwin Beecher Montgomery Ala Dear Colonel Enclosed you will please find school report for the month of December 1869. Next month the school will number about 40 scholars which will be gradually increased during the year. You must bear patiently with us and help us what you can. We are building now buildings and will ocupy them during this month Very Truly Yours H.L. Wheeler