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0103 65 Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Office Superintendent of Educ. Nashville Tenn. Sept 7, 1869. Col. F. S. Palmer D.O. of Claims Bu. R.F.& A.L. Memphis Tenn. Colonel I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communications relative to the interference with Mr. Barnetson, Teacher at Purdy, McNairy Co. Tenn. On my visit to Humboldt at the close of last month I had hoped to extend my journey as far as Purdy but my office business was such, that the necessary time could not then be spared. I am very sorry to hear that Mr Barnetson has allowed his fears to cause him to leave his station for I feel well satisfied that a spirit of determination on his part would