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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office Superintendent of Education
Nashville, Tenn Oct 25 1869

Rev. J.W. Alvord
Gen'l Supt of School Bw. R.F and A.L. Washington D.C.

Sir
The first nail has been driven in the coffin of the Common school Law of Tennessee.

A bill to equal the same and abolish all offices created by the law, was introduced yesterday in the Tennessee Senate.

Very Respectfully
Your obedient servant
C E Compton
Bvt Lt Col USA
Supt of Ed. Tenn