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popular - which she could hardly do - as she would have no society, except the few union ladies of the place - say 2 or 3 - my opinion of freedmen schools is, they will die out - except in the larger towns - and I fear even there when the Bureau ends - Very Resptly S.H. Melcher Supt R.F.& A.L.