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0171 133 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