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Winchester Tenn, 
Dec. 5. 1867.

Rev. D. Burt
Nashville Tenn
Dear Brother, 
Yours of yesterday was received late this evening; I will at once attend to the work assigned me. I have not yet got anyone to engage to board a teacher. I went to see a lady to ask her if she would not teach, but like the most of the foolish ones of the south she is afraid. Says she would like to teach, but is afraid of what people would say. Wife has thought over the matter and has about made up her mind to teach herself if you desire it, and authorize me to say as much to you. One thing that has influence here is, if we do not remain here we do not know that there would be any place for a teacher to board. And if we do not have some means, aside from what I get from the church to which I am preaching, for a support, we do not know that we shall remain here longer than this year. I cam her last Feb. not expecting to remain here longer than this year. I came here mainly for my health. But the church has given me a call to the pastorate for an indefinite number of years, and urge me to remain. The colored people also are very anxious about my remaining. Bur the people are poor and I do not know that they can support me. They have not so far. But wife thinks that by her teaching the school we can perhaps remain here. If we do not get some means out side of what we are getting from the church here I do not think we can remain. But if we do remain here