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Elizabethton, Jan. 29th/67. D. Burt, Dear Sir, Your communication of January 15th is to hand and in reply I will say that we can start one hundred students in this County, provided we can get a house. We desire information as to how we shall commence a school, and, also, all the aid that you can possibly give us. The colored people of this County are very anxious to have a school, and are able to carry on one, provided we can get some assistance. Please let us hear from you at your earliest convenience. Yours Truly, Rufus Taylor.