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January 15th 70

Mr. G. F. Bowles
School Teacher
Shelbyville, Tenn.

Sir,
Under the present orders this Bureau is not authorized to furnish aid in support of Teachers to colored schools. I send you the names and address of the following secretaries of Northern Benevolent Societies to whom I would advise you to apply for a commission and authority to conduct a school under this [[?]] 
Apply by letter stating your case fully. Rev. R.S. Rust, Secy. Freedmens Aid Society of the M.E. Church. Cor 8th & Main St; Cincinnati, O.
Rev. S.C. McCelland. Secy. General Assembly, Com. on Freedmen. Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Rev Jas. B. Simmons, Cor Sec; Am. Baptist Home Mission Society. 30 Park Row  N. York.
Rev. E.F. Hatfield Sec'y Presbyterian Committee of Home Missions. 30 Vesey St. New York.
Very Respectfully
Your obedient servant.
C.E. Compton
Bvt Lt Col USA Supt of Ed Tenn

Transcription Notes:
Rev. R. S. Rust, D. D., Cor. Secretary. FREEDMEN'S AID SOCIETY of the METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Amer. Baptist Home Mission Society - is correct.