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Dover Stewart Co Tenn 14th October 1868. Col James Thompson Supt Education Bureau R Freed-men Dear Sir, I take the liberty to address you to inform you tha I have made every effort in my power to get the Freed-men to raise money towards paying for the Building I built for them to hold church and schools in but they are not able to do any more than they have already