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Cumberland Furnace Tenn
Oct 23d 1867

Rev. D. Burt
Supt Education
B.R.F. & A.L
Nashville, Tenn

Sir  I have just received your Circular and blank for my report this is the first blank I have received sinc June "July I had vacation took up school again Agust the fifth and taught on till Sept 23th I attendid Conference at Shelbyville and was apointed by O.O. Knight to this Charge again and I have not had any school for this month but will take up school again Oct 28th this school here have never received any help from any benevolent societies what ever and I have not received anything from Conference either " All my help has been from teh collered people they paid me last year [strikethrough] $30025 [/strikethrough]  three hundred and twenty five dollars this did not suport me I used 100.30 dollars of my own mony to live"  I can not get any help this year from the conference "  I am making up my school by subscription at one dollar per scholar per month I ask you whether we can get any assistence from freedmans Aid Society this year or no and whether you want any report before November as there has been no school for October