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enc. C2

Lowell High School
Lowell, Mass
June 6, 1865

Gen. O.A. Howard,
Commissioner of Freedmen's Bureau

Dear Sir:
J.J. Colton, Esq., formerly associated with me in charge of the Female Department of our High School, proposes to apply for a position as Superintendent of Schools for Freedmen.

Mr. C. is a man of sound judgment, of fixed principles, and of self-relying mind. In governing a school he has always held a high rank as a disciplinarian. He is persistent in carrying out his plans, is affable in his manners, having made