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Jonesboro [[strikethrough]] January [[/strikethrough]] Feb 4th 1867

Rev. D. Burt
Sup't of Freedmen schools State of Tennessee

Rev. x dear Sir,
In consequence of my having been delayed on the road I did not arrive here till last Saturday. I immediately inquired into the condition of the colored people. I find that they have been much disappointed by the non. arrival of the teacher you have been trying to get for them. One of the men has been boarding in town for some time expecting from week to week that the teacher would come.

I learnt from Lt Groesbeck that the condition of things in the town of Rogersville is such