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Columbia, Tenn. Jan 26 1867 Brig Gen. Lewis Dear Sir, Two of three months since I applied through Rev. D. Burt for some additional Desks for the Freedmen's School here. I was encouraged to hope that we would have them - afterwards he informed me that you declined farther assistance but I trust your decision is not like the laws of the Medes & Persians. The 32 Desks accommodate 64 scholars + we have now just 130 who write