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Clarksville Tenn April 29th, 1868 Rev D Burt Dear Sir. My school is increasing. I think I will have a pretty large school the rest of the term. When you were here I felt somewhat discouraged. But I have been [[strikethrough]] tak [[/strikethrough] talk to the people on the subject of education & they seem to appreciate it to some extent. The white people are doing their best to brake the school down in the way of talk but they never can accomplish their end at this place by talking. Yours truly Geo Ballard