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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.